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NARRATIVE MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH

MEDHIST 740
Course Description

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.

Prerequisties

(MEDSC-M 810 , MEDSC-M 811 , MEDSC-M 812 and MEDSC-M 813 ) or declared in Physician Assistant, Nursing, Physical Therapy, Pharmacy, or Genetic Counselor Studies.

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

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Offered

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Grade Point Average
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No change from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

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A Rate
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Class Size
16

45.45% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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