When

Thursday, March 18, 2021 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
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Where

This is an online event. 

Agenda

6:00 - 6:10 Introduction to Speakers, Dr. Shane Neilson & Dr. Damian Tarnopolsky

6:10 - 6:20 Our hopes for you in this session & (crowdsource)

6:20 - 6:30 Narrative Medicine and Orientation to Craft

6:30 - 6:35 Guiding Principles for Workshop

6:35 - 7:45 Breakout Sessions: Poetry Option (Neilson) / Fiction Option (Tarnopolsky) 

7:45 - 8:00 Conclusion 

Contact

Jennifer Tran 
McMaster University, Michael G. DeGroote, School of Medicine - Waterloo Regional Campus 
519-885-5426 x21113 
 
 

Writing as a Craft during COVID 

This COVID-inflected workshop provides craft-based techniques - the equivalent of the biomedical “skills-based” and “competency” models - to health practitioners in order to create beautiful written works that, in the creation, are acts of care for the creator.

Speakers:

  • Shane Neilson, MD, MFA, MA, PhD, CCFP, FCFP
  • Damian Tarnopolsky, PhD

Co-Facilitators:

  • Sean Park, PhD
  • Catherine Tong, MD CCFP(EM) FCFP

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe  the benefits and the  limits of narrative medicine as traditionally deployed in med ed pedagogy 
  • Gain skills in  reflective practise through  a craft-based approach 
  • Practise generative and editing techniques through individual and group work.