Narrative Medicine and Public Health
Recorded 2026-10-14 Spring 2027
Narrative Medicine and Public Health
This course explores how narrative medicine techniques enrich public health by using stories to understand individual health experiences and mobilize communities.
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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 No instructors listed
Summary
What you’ll be able to do
Identify and employ narrative components such as plot, setting, characters, point of view, and tone
Use narrative medicine skills in the context of clinical encounters and public health interventions.
Express yourself in different modes (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, film, graphicnovels), and use both free writing and sustained writing techniques.
Explain the connections between public health and individual experience, and the difference between viewing problems as personal problems vs public issues.
Reflect on the meaning of health in the context of people’s everyday lives, especially people who are different from themselves.
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Prerequisites
Course map(MED SC-M 810, 811, 812 and 813) or declared in Physician Assistant, Nursing, Physical Therapy, Pharmacy, or Genetic Counselor Studies.
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- declared in Physician Assistant, Nursing, Physical Therapy, Pharmacy, or Genetic Counselor Studies.
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- declared in Physician Assistant, Nursing, Physical Therapy, Pharmacy, or Genetic Counselor Studies.
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| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEM 003 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 15 | 0 |
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the class
Narrative medicine is the practice of using stories to understand health and illness in the context of people's lives. Whether through fiction or nonfiction, poetry or prose, text or graphics, giving voice to the stories of patients and caregivers allows their experiences to be heard, made sense of, and valued. Learning to listen to others and to express one's own vulnerabilities are valuable tools for all health practitioners, but they are especially valuable in the context of public health. The scope of public health interventions encourages practitioners to think in terms of populations, but efforts to improve quality of life through prevention must ultimately be grounded in individual lives. Explore how narrative medicine techniques can enrich the practice of public health, both through the power of listening to stories to understand how individuals experience health and through the power of telling stories to mobilize communities.
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Topics
- Narrative medicine fundamentals: using stories to understand health and illness.
- Various narrative forms including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, prose, text, and graphics.
- Connecting population-level public health interventions with individual lives.
- Using storytelling to mobilize communities for public health goals.
Skills
- Identify and employ narrative components like plot, setting, characters, point of view, and tone.
- Apply narrative medicine skills in clinical encounters and public health interventions.
- Express ideas through various modes including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, film, and graphic novels using free and sustained writing.
- Develop active listening and self-expression of vulnerability as tools for health practitioners.
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