Virtue and the Practice of Medicine
Read deeply, lead thoughtful conversations, and explore what it means to care well for another person.
From our curriculum: A Physician Examining the Children of a Poor Italian Family — after Edouard de Jans.
New Chapter Leaders: Start Here
Use the Chapter Leadership Guide to work through these steps with your team.
- Get Oriented Begin with New Chapter Leaders: Start Here to choose your pathway and contact the National Team early. Register for free to begin the guide.
- Build Your Team Recruit at least two student leaders and two faculty sponsors. Follow your pathway’s launch guide and submit the proposed inaugural team to the National Team for approval.
- Watch the Masterclass Explore the Society’s foundational ideals and practices, including narrative, art, virtue ethics, and flourishing, in the HippSoc Masterclass as a leadership team. Facilitators must complete it before leading a discussion.
- Plan Your First Gathering Choose readings from the curriculum and use the leadership guide’s planning and facilitation resources.
Resources
Leadership Masterclass
Explore virtue, flourishing, and practical wisdom in medicine. Learn to lead thoughtful discussions through video lessons and guided reflection.
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Chapter Leadership Guide
Start and sustain your chapter. Find launch guides, planning checklists, and practical advice for leading meetings.
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Undergraduate Curriculum
Explore five enduring questions about medicine and the human person. Use readings, clinical cases, and discussion outlines with your chapter.
View Course & Request AccessAccess the Courses
Course overviews and outlines are open to everyone. Register for free to study the Leadership Masterclass, Chapter Leadership Guide, or Virtue Curriculum. Full lessons and resources in the Undergraduate Curriculum, Fundamental Concept Curriculum, and Chapter Speaker Directory require approval. Open a course page to request access. Not a chapter leader? Submit an exemption request. For these three restricted courses, approval is required before lessons unlock. Already enrolled? Sign in and select My in the Course Library.
