MDHM510
Download as PDF
Introduction to Narrative Medicine
Medical and Health Humanities
Caspersen School of Graduate Studies
Course Subject Code
MDHM
Course Number
510
Status
Active
Course Attributes
-
Course Short Title
Narrative Medicine
Course Long Title
Introduction to Narrative Medicine
Course Description
Explores narrative and interpretive techniques that may enhance communication within the healthcare community as a whole. Narrative is everywhere in medicine: in patient stories, in the notes we write, in our formal presentations and in conversations with colleagues and families. Traditionally, healthcare education has provided little training in how best to create and interpret such narratives. Uses medical fiction, essays, poetry, great literature, illness narratives, medical autobiographies and case write-ups on Narrative Medicine. Includes a combination of lecture and reading and writing workshops. Each semester, the focus of the course shifts within the overall framework of Narrative Medicine, and therefore this course can be repeated multiple times.
Min
3
Repeatable
-
Equivalent Course(s)
-