Interdisciplinary Approaches to Medical Humanities: Art, Anatomy and Language

This symposium examines the teaching and learning of medical humanities at two Higher Education establishments, the University of Sechov, Russia and the University of St Andrews. The project at the University of Sechov developed from The Doctor as a Humanist symposium, an International conference devoted to looking into ways to reintroduce the humanities into medical education in a global context. The principal aim is to show how Medical English can be the catalyst for introducing critical topics related to medical education and doctor’s professional development. The project at the University of St Andrews stems from the understanding that the humanities should play a vital role in medical education as they provide students with the opportunity to explore a variety of ‘soft skills’ relating to aspects of the medical profession. One such example of integrating the humanities into the medicine curriculum, is through the comparative study of Art History and Anatomy. In this symposium we discuss the role of the medical humanities in medical education and the interface with intercultural and linguistic communication in medicine. Representatives from each institution will first provide an overview of the projects, followed by in-depth discussions on communal themes and questions and arising from these projects. The floor will then be opened to a plenary discussion

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Medical Humanities: Art, Anatomy and Language

This symposium examines the teaching and learning of medical humanities at two Higher Education establishments, the University of Sechov, Russia and the University of St Andrews. The project at the University of Sechov developed from The Doctor as a Humanist symposium, an International conference devoted to looking into ways to reintroduce the humanities into medical education in a global context. The principal aim is to show how Medical English can be the catalyst for introducing critical topics related to medical education and doctor’s professional development. The project at the University of St Andrews stems from the understanding that the humanities should play a vital role in medical education as they provide students with the opportunity to explore a variety of ‘soft skills’ relating to aspects of the medical profession. One such example of integrating the humanities into the medicine curriculum, is through the comparative study of Art History and Anatomy. In this symposium we discuss the role of the medical humanities in medical education and the interface with intercultural and linguistic communication in medicine. Representatives from each institution will first provide an overview of the projects, followed by in-depth discussions on communal themes and questions and arising from these projects. The floor will then be opened to a plenary discussion

Momentum Transfer from the DART Mission Kinetic Impact on Asteroid Dimorphos.

The NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission performed a kinetic impact on asteroid Dimorphos, the satellite of the binary asteroid (65803) Didymos, at 23:14 UTC on September 26, 2022 as a planetary defense test1. DART was the first hypervelocity impact experiment on an asteroid at size and velocity scales relevant to planetary defense, intended to validate kinetic impact as a means of asteroid deflection. Here we report the first determination of the momentum transferred to an asteroid by kinetic impact. Based on the change in the binary orbit period2, we find an instantaneous reduction in Dimorphos's along-track orbital velocity component of 2.70 ± 0.10 mm s-1, indicating enhanced momentum transfer due to recoil from ejecta streams produced by the impact3,4. For a Dimorphos bulk density range of 1,500 to 3,300 kg m-3, we find that the expected value of the momentum enhancement factor, [Formula: see text], ranges between 2.2 and 4.9, depending on the mass of Dimorphos. If Dimorphos and Didymos are assumed to have equal densities of 2,400 kg m-3, [Formula: see text]. These [Formula: see text] values indicate that significantly more momentum was transferred to Dimorphos from the escaping impact ejecta than was incident with DART. Therefore, the DART kinetic impact was highly effective in deflecting the asteroid Dimorphos