Narrative Medicine, Florida International University (Wertheim)

Pioneered by Rita Charon, narrative medicine trains doctors and other caregivers to use careful listening and reflective writing to forge deeper connections with their patients, resulting in the provision of better care and the promotion of physician wellness. The narrative medicine elective is offered as a two-week rotation, with the option for students to enroll in an additional two-credit longitudinal component. During this elective, students will have the opportunity to explore different types of narrative medicine writing—including the parallel chart, 55-word stories, poetry and using narratives as an advocacy tool. Students will participate in discussion sessions about assigned readings; participate in small group writing workshops; and share their writing with their peers. The course director will create individualized writing plans tailored to students' specific interests, objectives, and clinical schedules. Students will write a total, including drafts, of about 10,000 words. Prerequisite: Enrolled in HWCOM. Elective only. This information has been collected for the Post-Discipline Online Syllabus Database. The database explores the use of literature by schools of professional education in North America. It forms part of a larger project titled Post-Discipline: Literature, Professionalism, and the Crisis of the Humanities, led by Dr Merve Emre with the assistance of Dr Hayley G. Toth. You can find more information about the project at https://postdiscipline.english.ox.ac.uk/. Data was collected and accurate in 2021/22.