TEAM NARRATIVE IS A COLLECTIVE OF EDUCATORS ACROSS CLINICAL AND HUMANITIES DISCIPLINES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO WHO OFFER LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS ON THE ROLE OF WORKING WITH STORIES IN LEARNING AND HEALTH-RELATED ENCOUNTERS.
THE GOAL OF THIS TEACHING IS TO IMPROVE: REFLECTIVE CAPACITY, NARRATIVE COMPETENCE, VISUAL LITERACY AND CRITICAL THINKING, WHILE EMPHASIZING LEARNER RESILIENCE AND SELF-CARE.
TEAM NARRATIVE is a collaboration between the Health, Arts and Humanities Program (www.health-humanities.com) and the MSPI (Mount Sinai Psychotherapy Institute). Sessions are available for learners from all disciplines and levels of training. We are also a part of PHES, The Division of Psychotherapies, Humanities and Educational Scholarship within the Department of Psychiatry which focuses on Reflective Capacity and Relationship-Centered Care.
Faculty:
Allan Peterkin MD – TEAM NARRATIVE Leader
Mary Beattie PHD, Susan Belanger MLS, Suze Berkhout MD, Monica Branigan MD; Ronna Bloom MEd/Poet-In-Residence;
Sue Macrae RN, PHD; Allison Crawford MD; Bill Gayner MSW; Karen Gold PHD, RSW, Julie Hann OT, Afarin Hosseini MD, Hartley Jafine MA ,Rex Kay MD, Louise Kinross; Elysse Leonard MA, Dawn Lim MD, Nancy McNaughton PHD; Jessica Munro NP,
Carol Nash PHD, LJ Nelles MFA, Aaron Orkin MD, MPH, Nick Pimlott MD, Jeremy Rezmovitz MD, Michael Roberts MD, Ron Ruskin MD;
Tilda Shalof RN; Miriam Shuchman MD, Anne Simmonds RN, PHD, Eva-Marie Stern (Art Therapist); Damian Tarnopolsky PHD, Paul Uy MD;
Shelley Wall PHD (Illustrator In Residence), Dan Yashinsky (Storyteller in Residence)
Introductory Lectures:
These can be scheduled as 45-minute talks with discussion time or 1.5 -3 hour workshops:
1) A Humanities Toolkit Rounds (ie discussion of an image, poem, film clip)
2) An Introduction To Narrative-Based Medicine-close reading of a short story/poem and a reflective writing exercise
Seminar Packages of three or more sessions:
3) Visual Narrative -working with images and non-verbal cues
4) The Reflecting Poem-a writing workshop (Ronna)
5) Ten Tips For Incorporating Narrative Competence Into A Busy Practice
6) Narrative Medicine Workshop-Part Two- Deepening The Discussion
7) Therapeutic Writing-using narrative with patients
8) Narrative As Advocacy/Disability Studies
9) Narrative and Spirituality
10) Situation Critical-Narratives of the ER and ICU
11) Narrative In Palliative Care
12) Narrative and Ageing
13) The Patient Speaks -given by a person living with a chronic illness
14) Stories Matter-Narrative-based Ethics-Looking At Difficult Stories
15) Narrative and Mindful Presence
16) Stories and The Body-A Theater-Based Workshop on Physical Presence
17) Using film clips to teach about the doctor-patient relationship and patient advocacy
18) Using Narrative with Patient Self-Help Groups
19) An introduction to Graphic Medicine
20) Narrative and Medical Error
21) When Stories Collide –Narrative, Personal Values and Moral Distress
22) Narratives From The News-Examining Media Representations of Medicine
23) Approaches to Oral History
24) Narratives of Loss and Trauma
25) Finding A Research Topic Through Personal Narrative
26) Narrative and IPE/Team-Building
27) Improv Theatre
28) An Introduction to Narrative-based Balint Groups
29) Narrative Research Methodologies
30) “Troubling” Stories- Pitfalls, Risks and Ethical Quandaries with Narratives
31) Rhetoric and Representation-Using Close Readings for Critical Analysis
32) “Storytelling Through Photography: Finding Connection in Medicine.”
SUPERVISIONS/CONSULTATION/TRAINING:
Faculty Development In Close Reading of an Image and Text, Reflective Writing Techniques, Close Listening and Evaluation of Student Reflective Writing
Qualitative Research in Narrative Medicine
Supervision of an ongoing Reflective Writing Group for clinicians, teachers or patient groups could be offered
Consultation on reflective portfolio course creation/implementation/evaluation at the undergrad/inter-professional/postgrad/CME level
Working With Difficult Stories-A Balint Group (6-8 sessions)
A Weekend Digital Storytelling Workshop For Students or Patients
To arrange these sessions and to discuss fees please contact: maria.vergara@nullsinaihealthsystem.ca or allan.peterkin@nullsinaihealthsystem.ca
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MSPI Workshops in Therapeutic Writing With Patients/Narrative Competence Psychotherapy – this 2 Day Workshop is offered every 2 years – see
http://www.mountsinai.on.ca/care/psych/staff-education-programs/mspi/
MSPI CERTIFICATE IN NARRATIVE-BASED CARE (CPD) – next session June 2018
http://www.mountsinai.on.ca/care/psych/staff-education-programs/mspi/
