Introduction to Narrative Medicine
Standalone workshops for Health Studies Minors
Courses that feature narrative medicine workshop programming include Public Health, Public Health Ethics, Health Psychology, Healthcare Systems and Stories, Medical Anthropology, Gender Studies Symposium, Health Studies Internship.
Narrative medicine workshop participants:
- Are introduced to the principles of narrative medicine.
- Spend time looking at a piece of art (a poem, video, short story, graphic or photo…)
- Discuss it together
- Are given time to write reflectively
- And the opportunity to share that writing if they choose.
Workshop content and learning objectives
Tailored to the goals, themes, and syllabus of each course and might include: exploration of ambiguity as a site for change, practicing vulnerability in ethnographic interviewing, or professional identity exploration.
Are you LC faculty interested in bringing a narrative medicine workshop into your class?
Email: Alexis Rehrmann, Program Manager Community Partnerships and Narrative Medicine
About the Image
Artist Catherine Fairbanks uses empathy as a foundational structure to bridge her dual practices as an artist and a nurse. On Being a Porous Boundary was co-presented by Lewis & Clark College and A-B Projects at the Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art from November 19, 2024–February 18, 2025. It featured immersive paintings, bodily ceramic sculpture, and monumental paper sculpture by Catherine Fairbanks. This work was accompanied by intimate poetry by Catherine Barnett, which has been hand-drawn for the exhibition by Nuria Kiesebrink-Pareick.
The Center for Community and Global Health offered narrative medicine workshop programming and reading resources as part of the gallery exhibition.