Foundational Narrative Medicine Virtual Workshop: October 18-20, 2024

Foundational Narrative Medicine Virtual Workshop

October 18-20, 2024

Join us for a foundational exploration of narrative medicine held virtually online and via Zoom!

Early Bird Registration of $50 off tuition is available through September 30th!

Spend the weekend with us for an immersive and intimate introduction to narrative medicine study and practice! Rates and schedule listed below.

We are excited to share this learning experience in a virtual format that brings together participants from all over the world for a weekend of intensive skill-building in foundational narrative medicine practice. The Division of Narrative Medicine offers an intimate and immersive virtual experience, including lectures, small group work, literature, educational and networking resources, continuing education credits, and direct interaction with narrative medicine faculty. Live virtual sessions combine with asynchronous learning modalities to deliver an introduction to the field that provides the same learning, connection, and transformative experience as traditional in-person workshops.

TUITION RATES:

• $1000 for participants with income over $100,000/year ($950 with early bird discount)
• $850 for income between $45,000 and $100,000/year ($800 with early bird discount)
• $500 for income under $45,000/year ($450 with early bird discount)

An outline of our virtual weekend schedule and preparatory asynchronous materials is listed below.

IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT PAYMENT: You do not need a PayPal account to register. After selecting your ticket price and filling you’re your information, simply select PayPal as the payment method and click "Place order” to go to the next page, and you will see the option to check out as a guest and pay with a credit/debit card.

Discounts for Cohorts

Based on our experience that cohorts of participants from an institution are better able to continue their narrative learning and to ignite narrative projects at their home institution, we now offer a discount of $100 off the tuition for each individual who attends within a cohort of two or more. If you plan to enroll with a cohort, reach out to Joseph Eveld at [email protected] for more information on how to register with the discount.

Workshop Description & Objectives

This intensive workshop will offer rigorous skill-building in narrative competence and provides an intensive introductory experience to the methods and skills of narrative medicine. These practices are then applicable to unlimited clinical and non-clinical settings. Participants will experience plenary presentations by the founders of the Division of Narrative Medicine in both live and asynchronous formats and will engage with faculty, trained facilitators, and each other live via Zoom for interactive presentations, Q&A, and small group work.

Narrative medicine recognizes the aesthetic capabilities of its practitioners as fundamental instruments necessary for effective care. Acts of perception and attention ignite our narrative practice. Seeing, hearing, sensing, taking in that which we witness begins the process toward healing, and narrative medicine training attunes us to those skills within ourselves. We grow toward our own powers to attend to our patients through the schooled avenues of close reading, deep listening, and concentrated witnessing of works of art.

Participants will learn effective techniques for attentive listening, adopting others’ perspectives, accurate representation, and reflective reasoning. Plenary presentations by faculty open up themes of how stories and art work, exploring concepts such as creativity, ethics, bearing witness, and empathy, while the small groups practice rigorous skills in close reading, creative writing, and responding to the writings of others. Close reading is an integral part of the workshop as is short prompted writing and discussion.

Participants will gain access to online resources prior to the start of the workshop where all information necessary and required to prepare for the weekend is provided, including literary texts, film, visual art, and seminar articles in the field of narrative medicine by leading educators.

The Workshop live content will be held on Friday between 5:00p-8:00p, Saturday between 9:30a-5p and Sunday between 9:30a-4p (all times Eastern Daylight Time). Here is the preliminary schedule and outline of asynchronous resources:

ASYNCHRONOUS RESOURCES:

(available via University secured online platform several weeks before workshop dates; live faculty Q&A during the weekend follows the recorded lectures.)

• Orientation: Workshop Guidelines, Introductory information, and Welcome Board
• Participant Profile: Voluntery, Including Bio/Contact Info/Headshot
• Discussion/Resource Boards to connect across Professional Backgrounds
• Discussion Boards for Pre-Recorded and Resource Content
• Pre-readings and Course Literature

Recorded Lectures:

• "Writing in the Clinical Context and Beyond" by Nellie Hermann, MFA
• "Narrative Ethics: New Clinical Approaches" by Craig Irvine, PhD

SCHEDULE (all times Eastern Daylight Time):

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18

5:00-6:30pm Narrative Medicine: Methods for Improving Clinical Effectiveness | Rita Charon, MD, PhD (Zoom)

7:00-8:00pm Small Group Seminars | Zoom Small Group Breakouts

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19

9:30-11:00am Small Group Seminars | Zoom Small Group Breakouts

1:00-2:30pm Film and the Narrative Medicine Toolbox | Maura Spiegel, PhD (Zoom)

3:30-5:00pm Small Group Seminars | Zoom Small Group Breakouts

5:30-6:00pm Drop-In Faculty Q&A for Recorded Lectures (Optional) | Zoom with Nellie Hermann & Craig Irvine

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20

9:30-11:00am Small Group Seminars | Zoom Small Group Breakouts

12:30-2:00pm Bearing Witness to Yourself in the Work | Deepthiman Gowda, MD, MPH, MS (Zoom)

2:30-3:00pm Small Group Wrap-Up & Farewell | Zoom Small Group Breakouts

3:00-4:00pm Weekend Wrap-Up | Everyone Together on Zoom

For additional information, email Joseph Eveld at [email protected].

PAYMENT

IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT PAYMENT MODALITY: You do not need a PayPal account to register. After selecting your ticket price and filling out your information, simply select PayPal as the payment method and click "Place order” to go to the next page, and you will see the option to check out as a guest and pay with a credit/debit card.

If you would like to pay by check, please make checks payable to Narativ, Inc. and indicate in the memo line which workshop date you are registering for. Please send checks to:

Narativ, Inc.

c/o Jerome Deroy

1012 Dartmouth Drive NE

Albuquerque, NM 87106

If you require an invoice please contact Joseph Eveld at [email protected].

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Live Via Zoom from Columbia University Irving Medical Center Division of Narrative Medicine, 622 West 168th Street, New York, United States