“Here’s a poem. It might speak to what you’re experiencing now that hasn’t been articulated yet,” said Ronna Bloom as she prescribed poems to patients and staff in the halls of Mount Sinai Hospital. Poetry has gradually claimed a place in today’s patient-centered medicine. Ronna, a trained psychotherapist and the first Poet-in-Residence at Mount Sinai […]
Posted: Thursday September 21, 2023
Welcome to the Narrative-Based Medicine Lab (NBM Lab) at Continuing Professional Development, Temerty Faculty of Medicine — Canada’s home for teaching, research, and innovation in Narrative-Based Medicine. The NBM Lab is a place to build community and to foster international collaboration and knowledge exchange across clinical and artistic disciplines. The last couple of years have […]
Posted: Thursday September 21, 2023
Welcome to the Narrative-Based Medicine Lab (NBM Lab) at Continuing Professional Development, Temerty Faculty of Medicine — Canada’s home for teaching, research, and innovation in Narrative-Based Medicine. The NBM Lab is a place to build community and to foster international collaboration and knowledge exchange across clinical and artistic disciplines. As human beings, we are wired […]
Posted: Monday July 17, 2023
Posted: Monday May 29, 2023
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
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
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
