Narrative Medicine: A Writing Workshop Curriculum for Residents.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Reflection is a critical part of the learning cycle. Narrative medicine has been shown to help physicians-in-training develop both empathy and professional identity. A narrative medicine curriculum focused on the experience of the physician and challenging patient experiences creates opportunities in which to process complicated aspects of the experience of both patient and physician with other members of the training community.

Methods

Fifteen 1-hour small-group reflective writing workshops comprise a 2-year narrative medicine curriculum. Each workshop uses selected literature to focus a discussion and a prompt for written reflection and can be integrated into a didactic curriculum. Teacher guides have been created to help untrained preceptors lead small-group

SUBMITTER: Winkel AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6440423 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature