Read Nick Pimlott’s latest op-ed in The Globe & Mail on the urgency of addressing physician burnout and emphasizing humanism in medicine.
Posted: Saturday March 18, 2023
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Neurologist Suvendrini Lena spoke to U of T News about her path to playwriting, how she connects medicine and the arts, and her latest production.
Posted: Monday March 13, 2023
Allan Peterkin is the recipient of the 2023 Health Humanities Consortium Visionary Award. He was recognized for his leadership in the field of health humanities, far-reaching contributions both nationally and globally, and mentorship to health professionals. Nominators noted that his “career has been one of global achievement and accomplishment, all with great heart and light.” […]
Posted: Wednesday February 15, 2023
Ed Cohen draws on his own experience with Crohn’s disease to consider how Western medicine’s turn from an “art of healing” towards a “science of medicine” deeply affects both medical practitioners and patients. More information from the publisher.
Posted: Monday January 30, 2023
Rory O’Sullivan’s story in CFP is the winner of the 2022 Mimi Divinsky Award for History and Narrative in Family Medicine.
Posted: Wednesday January 25, 2023
Allan Peterkin, Program Director of the Foundational Certificate in Narrative-Based Medicine, was featured in this Globe & Mail story on the therapeutic power of literature. Read about the fascinating origins, and resurgence, of bibliotherapy.
Posted: Saturday December 24, 2022
News from our Foundational in Narrative-Based Medicine Creative Lead! Damian Tarnopolsky’s short story “Like Triumph” is the runner-up for the 2022 Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence at The Puritan. Congratulations, Damian! Read the story here.
Posted: Tuesday December 6, 2022
Allan Peterkin speaks about the growing role of the arts and humanities in medical education, and the establishment of Canada’s first endowed Chair in Health Humanities at the Temerty Faculty of Medicine in this story by Deanna Cheng for the Art Issue of U of T Med Magazine.
Posted: Thursday December 1, 2022
Judy Dercksen reflects on the value of community over the course of her writing journey as a family physician in this First Person piece for The Globe & Mail.
Posted: Wednesday November 30, 2022
Toronto-based physician Jean Marmoreo and journalist Johanna Schneller share their experiences being at the forefront of the MAiD movement in Canada in this interview with CTV’s The Social.
Posted: Monday November 28, 2022