Hesam’s works represented here are based on a storytelling process that considers significant health and medical topics around him and how he reflects on them.
Posted: Monday May 6, 2024
Category: News
Advanced Certificate learner and family physician Amita Dayal publishes a children’s book that draws upon her cherished family experiences and memories.
Posted: Saturday May 4, 2024
John spoke to us about the Conversations Inviting Change (CIC) trainings he co-originated, which are narrative-based models for interactional skills used in a variety of encounters and situations.
Posted: Wednesday May 1, 2024
The NBM Lab community gathered in Toronto on Wednesday, April 10, 2024 to celebrate a wonderful year of narrative
Posted: Tuesday April 30, 2024
Leighton Schreyer receives prestigious Rhodes Scholarship to continue work in narrative medicine.
Posted: Thursday March 28, 2024
The WCC team shares the methodology that informed a series of writing workshops for patients at a Toronto-area hospital and insights gained from this model of writing in the community.
Posted: Wednesday March 13, 2024
Learners explored new avenues for scholarly undertaking in the health, arts, and humanities during the Arts-Based Research and Practice Mini-Retreat and Workshop. Health humanities and arts-based approaches offer a wide variety of ways to create and impactfully mobilize new knowledge and understanding. The Arts-Based Research and Practice Workshop that took place this past fall offered […]
Posted: Friday March 8, 2024
Mireille Norris, Medical Education Black Health Theme Lead, shares recommendations for art, music, dance, and food we can experience this Black History Month around Toronto and at home.
Posted: Tuesday February 6, 2024
Healthcare practitioners are often taught to approach and manage their patients’ bodies at the expense of their own. Becoming sick oneself, or seeing a family member fall ill, can be a traumatizing and bewildering experience. How can we remember to tend to our own bodies as healthcare practitioners? How can narrative help us remember — […]
Posted: Friday January 26, 2024
Miriam Colleran, Foundational Certificate alum and palliative care physician in Ireland, joined Karen Gold and Damian Tarnopolsky for a special in person conversation while she was in Toronto this fall. She shares her introduction to narrative-based medicine and discusses how engaging with narrative methods has changed her practice. Enjoy the conversation:
Posted: Thursday December 14, 2023