narrative medicine/writing

Taught by Allan Peterkin and Michael Roberts, this half-day master class offers a deeper dive into the practical applications of Narrative-Based Medicine for your patients, for your practice, and for yourself. […]

This workshop introduces learners to a spectrum of ways of engaging with visual art in an art museum context. […]

Jointly led by an expert in narrative-based medicine and an accomplished writer, both of whom have extensive experience working with health professionals, this intensive program is taught in two parts. […]

The Heath Narratives Research Process (HeNReP) is a free, non-credit, open-discipline, non-hierarchical process that has been offered in association with the Health, Arts and Humanities Program of the Department of Psychiatry in the University of Toronto since 2015 as the Health Narratives Research Group (HeNReG) from the first week in October to the last week in April. […]

Registration is now open for the Centre For Professional Development's narrative-based medicine Certificate programs at the University of Toronto. […]

Each practitioner brings a different lens to their patient or client: the word 'tattoo' means one thing to the dermatologist and another thing to the radiologist. The surgeon sees a scar, while psychiatrists see scars of a different sort. […]

Mentoring and Editing in Poetry: An Hour of Reading and Conversation between Tolu Oloruntoba and Jim Johnstone  […]

There are limited spots available for “Resilience in Practice” - a new workshop series designed to explore and understand personal and professional resiliency using narrative-based medicine approaches. […]

The narratives that patients and practitioners construct together can affect the nature and meaning of health events. […]

Often in work, and in life, energy moves towards projects and people but there’s little left for your own restoration, especially for those working in health care. In this workshop, through the use of poems and prompts, you will be nudged into writing and reflecting on what sustains you, what you love and what you need. […]