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University of Pittsburgh    
2025-2026 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog 
    
 
  Jun 02, 2026
 
2025-2026 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog
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NUR 2040 - LITERATURE AND FILM TO UNDERSTAND THE PATIENT-PRACTITIONER EXPERIENCE


Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
This course emphasizes the importance of understanding the universal human aspects of health and disease to further develop empathetic and holistic skills among health professional students. The importance of interprofessional collaboration as a mechanism to improve patient outcomes will be explored. Students and faculty will read and/or view selected works that focus on the human condition that may impact the physical and/or psychological health of the patient, families, communities, and care providers - and their interaction with the healthcare system. Guided discussion that helps students to reflect on the humanistic aspects of healthcare will be conducted.
Academic Career: Graduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Grad LG/SU3 Basis
Course Requirements: PROGRAM: Nursing - Graduate or Undergraduate


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