Reflection and Community Building Through Narrative Writing by B. Mema et al. | OPENPediatrics

About this episode

Drs. Briseida Mema and Wynne Morrison discuss the impact of narrative writing in healthcare and its role in community building.

In this World Shared Practice Forum Podcast, Drs. Briseida Mema and Wynne Morrison share their journeys into medical humanities, and reflect on the principles of narrative writing that resonate with healthcare workers. They explore how mentorship in narrative writing evolves through fostering connections and leads to community-building. The authors discuss the qualities of effective narrative pieces and share examples of impactful work on their professional practice. LEARNING OBJECTIVES - Understand the role of medical humanities in healthcare practice - Discuss community building and mentorship in narrative writing - Review narrative medicine examples and their impact on professional identity AUTHORS Briseida Mema, MD, MHPE Professor, Staff Physician University of Toronto, Hospital for Sick Children Wynne Morrison, MD, MBE Professor, Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care and Pediatrics Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Jeffrey Burns, MD, MPH Emeritus Chief Division of Critical Care Medicine Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine Boston Children's Hospital Professor of Anesthesia…

People in this episode

Guests: Briseida Mema, Wynne Morrison

Topics covered

• medical humanities
• narrative writing
• community building
• mentorship
• professional identity

Keywords

• narrative medicine
• healthcare practice
• mentorship
• community building
• medical humanities

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Toronto, Hospital for Sick Children, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Books & works: A PCCM Narrative, in Verse, Vulnerability through art: a path forward

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