Jonathan McFarland
Medical Humanities, Teacher, and Public Speaker in Sóller, Spain
Jonathan McFarland currently works as Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at Universitat de Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona and Universidad Autonoma de Madrid. He has a BA ( Hons) in Humanities from the University of Northumbria (UK), as well as an MA in Language and Literature from the UIB ( University of the Balearic Islands). With a background in the Humanities and more than 20 years of experience in Medical English, he is a member of ASME (Association for the Study of Medical Education). He is also a Founding member of EUNAMES (European Narrative Medicine Society) and a member of ASOMEGA (Association of Galician Doctors). He was a lay member of COMETA (Ethics Committee for Primary Health Care for Mallorca) for many years.
He is the President of The Doctor as a Humanist, an International organisation of students, scholars, educators, and practitioners dedicated to the study, preservation, and promotion of the humanities and humanism in medicine and healthcare around the world.
He is Co-editor of the new book series – New Paradigms in Healthcare ( Springer), whose first book – Health Humanities for Quality of Care in Times of Covid-19was published in April 2022 and latest book, The Relationship between Pharmacists and Patientswas published in April 2026.