In this guest piece for the NBM Lab, Dr. Muiris Houston examines the rush to artificial intelligence (AI) in the medical context, and raises questions about its use in Narrative-Based Medicine.
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Fall 2024, Winter & Spring 2025 Registration Open
Dive into the principles and practices of Narrative-Based Medicine in this unique certificate program. Join learners from across Canada and around the world.
Oct. 27 - Registration Open
A performance of The Flin Flon Cowboy at Theatre Passe Muraille in Toronto will serve as a launch pad for discussion and reflection around the role that narrative methods play in framing our understanding of inequities and inclusion in healthcare.
October 9 - November 20, 2024: Four-Part Online Series
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Through a rich spread of stories, this interactive workshop series will explore narrative as a vehicle for self-care and care of others.
Browse our workshops, multi-session series, and activities taking place throughout the year. Part of the Advanced Certificate, our stand-alone offerings can also be completed on their own.
A short memoir in two sections. Reflections on events that took place at an annual national student sport event when I was a track and field team member and a medical student. Read More
Paula Holmes-Rodman reflects on her mother’s passing in this poignant reading of a creative non-fiction piece. Read More
A creative reading delivered at our April 2024 Literary Evening with the NBM Lab. Read More
Alisha Kaplan reads an original poem developed out of a daily practice that consisted of writing a haiku each morning during a period of her life navigating graduate school and health. Read More
An excerpt from Chapter 15 of Cancer Confidential: Backstage Dramas in the Radiation Clinic (University of Toronto Press, 2022) read by Charles Hayter at our Literary Evening. Read More
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