THIS IS A PAST EVENT.
Saturday, October 1, 2016
Benson University Center
Reynolda Campus
Wake Forest University
Winston Salem, North Carolina
This interdisciplinary symposium presents a broad look at narrative medicine, with opening and closing keynote lectures, and a theatre plenary session. Break-out sessions and workshops, led by faculty, staff, and students at Wake Forest University, Forsyth Hospital, and UNC Chapel Hill, will fall under three categories: narrative in clinical practice, curriculum and teaching, and honing practices of listening, observation, and storytelling. Also featured is a poster gallery that will remain open throughout the day: “Show & Tell: Journeys Through Medicine.”
Opening Keynote:
Rafael Campo
American Poet, Doctor, and Author
Associate Professor of Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Harvard Medical School
Closing Keynote:
Linda Friedlaender
Pioneer of “The Observational Skills Workshop”
Senior Curator of Education
British Art Center
Yale University
Sponsored by the Wake Forest University Humanities Institute and made possible in part by major grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Saturday, October 1, 2016 at 9:00am to 5:00pm
Benson University Center, Pugh Auditorium and Benson Fourth Floor
2120 Eure Dr., Winston-Salem, NC 27109
School of Medicine, Academic Centers / Institutes, Humanities Institute
There is no fee, but please register in advance.
Aimee Mepham
3367584028
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