The biomedical humanities major at Hiram College is an innovative and interdisciplinary area of study geared to preparing students for successful careers in a range of health care fields.

This major couples an intensive science core – one that meets the requirements for medical schools – with a curriculum that integrates courses in medical humanities, communication, literature, art, theatre, psychology and political science, enabling students to develop a balanced approach to health care.

With an emphasis on preparing students for careers in the medical field, all biomedical humanities majors are required to participate in four internships: one in biomedical research, one in clinical shadowing and two service learning projects. Students have completed numerous off-site shadowing and service learning experiences, including with a non-profit health organization in Haiti working in a malaria prevention clinic for new mothers.

Hiram students also have access to medical professionals at the internationally renowned Cleveland Clinic and University Hospital systems. This level of exposure to the application of medical sciences is a distinctive feature of Hiram's biomedical humanities program and it gives our students an understanding of day-to-day working environments that is difficult to match on an undergraduate level.