Muiris Houston reads a creative piece that began from a visual writing prompt facilitated by Damian Tarnopolsky in a section of the Foundational Certificate in Narrative-Based Medicine. *** Follow "NBM Talks" for future episodes, where we explore the transformative impact and reach of narrative-based medicine with talented guests. Visit the Narrative-Based Medicine Lab to learn about our work and offerings.
Based in Dublin, Muiris Houston is a physician and journalist, and sits on the NBM Lab’s International Advisory Board. In this wide-ranging conversation he discusses his work in writing and medicine, and the challenges and opportunities narrative-based medicine faces today. *** Follow "NBM Talks" for future episodes, where we explore the transformative impact and reach of narrative-based medicine with talented guests. Visit the Narrative-Based Medicine Lab to learn about our work and offerings.
Described as a "hilariously offbeat and tender comedy about one bipolar woman’s messy search for love at a seaside wedding where no one can stay afloat," Leanne Toshiko Simpson reads an excerpt from her new novel Never Been Better published by HarperCollins in 2024. The book is out now. More details from the publisher. *** Follow "NBM Talks" for future episodes, where we explore the transformative impact and reach of narrative-based medicine with talented guests. Visit the Narrative-Based Medicine Lab to learn about our work and offerings.
Author and Foundational Certificate alum Leanne Toshiko Simpson shares her thoughts on the connections between her fiction writing and her path in the health humanities, and speaks about the inspiration behind her new novel Never Been Better. The book is out now. More details from the publisher. *** Follow "NBM Talks" for future episodes, where we explore the transformative impact and reach of narrative-based medicine with talented guests. Visit the Narrative-Based Medicine Lab to learn about our work and offerings.
Nick Pimlott shares a reflection on his early days as a family physician, touching on the influence of John Berger's classic book A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor. *** Follow "NBM Talks" for future episodes, where we explore the transformative impact and reach of narrative-based medicine with talented guests. Visit the Narrative-Based Medicine Lab to learn about our work and offerings.
NBM Lab member and editor of Canadian Family Physician, Nick Pimlott, sat down with us to discuss his experiences as a family doctor and second career as a writer. *** Follow "NBM Talks" for future episodes, where we explore the transformative impact and reach of narrative-based medicine with talented guests. Visit the Narrative-Based Medicine Lab to learn about our work and offerings.
This original poem by Sarah Kim presents a long-held objection to the distant and impersonal approach towards patients that is traditionally assumed by physicians. An alternative is a path towards collective compassion in relationship-based care. *** Follow "NBM Talks" for future episodes, where we explore the transformative impact and reach of narrative-based medicine with talented guests. Visit the Narrative-Based Medicine Lab to learn about our work and offerings.
In this fascinating conversation, Sarah Kim (Temerty Medicine Health Humanities Theme Lead at the University of Toronto) brings her attentive eye to such diverse issues as medical education, mindfulness, high performance, and the practitioner’s body, considering how they all relate back to the questions raised by narrative-based medicine. She also reflects on her own professional journey and the the value of engaging with the arts and humanities in medical training and practice. *** Follow "NBM Talks" for future episodes, where we explore the transformative impact and reach of narrative-based medicine with talented guests. Visit the Narrative-Based Medicine Lab to learn about our work and offerings.
Alisha Kaplan reads an original poem developed out of a daily practice that consisted of writing a haiku each morning during a period of her life navigating graduate school and health. Alisha is leading an online workshop at the NBM Lab! Nourishing Narratives starts October 9, 2024. Through a rich spread of stories, explore how narrative can serve as a vehicle for self-care and the care of others. Join us over the course of 4 highly interactive sessions. *** Follow "NBM Talks" for future episodes, where we explore the transformative impact and reach of narrative-based medicine with talented guests. Visit the Narrative-Based Medicine Lab to learn about our work and offerings.
Poet and NBM Lab member, Alisha Kaplan, discusses her work, narrative-based medicine teaching, writing tips, and connections to her life on Bela Farm. She also shares her work and interest in food as medicine. Alisha is leading an online workshop at the NBM Lab! Nourishing Narratives starts October 9, 2024. Through a rich spread of stories, explore how narrative can serve as a vehicle for self-care and the care of others. Join us over the course of 4 highly interactive sessions. *** Follow "NBM Talks" for future episodes, where we explore the transformative impact and reach of narrative-based medicine with talented guests. Visit the Narrative-Based Medicine Lab to learn about our work and offerings.
Paula Holmes-Rodman reflects on her mother’s passing in this poignant reading of a creative non-fiction piece originally published in Intima: The Journal of Narrative Medicine. *** Follow "NBM Talks" for future episodes, where we explore the transformative impact and reach of narrative-based medicine with talented guests. Visit the Narrative-Based Medicine Lab to learn about our work and offerings.
Foundational Certificate alum Paula Holmes-Rodman is an ethnographer, writer, caregiver, and advocate who spoke with our program leads about her journey towards narrative-based medicine and her current work in the field. *** Follow "NBM Talks" for future episodes, where we explore the transformative impact and reach of narrative-based medicine with talented guests. Visit the Narrative-Based Medicine Lab to learn about our work and offerings.
Allan Peterkin, program director at the Narrative-Based Medicine Lab, is leading the growth of narrative-based medicine in Canada and abroad. In this conversation with our program leads, Allan shares how he weaves his passion for medicine and literature throughout his professional career. Allan also touches on how he sees the field of narrative-based medicine evolving and the importance of honouring stories in the practice of medicine. Note: Meant to refer to "Canadian Grief Alliance" at 18:21 mark in the episode, not "National Grief Alliance." *** Follow "NBM Talks" for future episodes, where we explore the transformative impact and reach of narrative-based medicine with talented guests. Visit the Narrative-Based Medicine Lab to learn about our work and offerings.
Geriatrician Mireille Norris (Temerty Medical Education Black Health Theme Lead at the University of Toronto) shares how we can continue to engage in important dialogue year-round through the arts and humanities in this conversation with Sarah Kim (Temerty Medicine Health Humanities Theme Lead at the University of Toronto). Reflecting on words that serve as an inspiration, Mireille returns to Maya Angelou’s “Still I Rise” in which the poet writes: Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I’ll rise. For Mireille, these words “remind me that I am a part of the universe and — like the universe — I am submitted to uncontrollable forces such that whatever is going on that might be hard, will not be forever.” This conversation was originally recorded in March 2024. *** Follow "NBM Talks" for future episodes, where we explore the transformative impact and reach of narrative-based medicine with talented guests. Visit the Narrative-Based Medicine Lab to learn about our work and offerings.
Upreet Dhaliwal reads an original poem reflecting on how relationships ebb and flow. This poem was originally published in her collection: InVerse Medicine: Poems About Things Often Left Unsaid. *** Follow "NBM Talks" for future episodes, where we explore the transformative impact and reach of narrative-based medicine with talented guests. Visit the Narrative-Based Medicine Lab to learn about our work and offerings.
Upreet Dhaliwal reads an original poem from her collection InVerse Medicine: Poems About Things Often Left Unsaid. *** Follow "NBM Talks" for future episodes, where we explore the transformative impact and reach of narrative-based medicine with talented guests. Visit the Narrative-Based Medicine Lab to learn about our work and offerings.
Foundational Certificate alum Upreet Dhaliwal's work draws upon her rich background as a physician, educator, poet, and editor. She discusses her professional journey towards narrative-based medicine with our program leads in this illuminating conversation. *** Follow "NBM Talks" for future episodes, where we explore the transformative impact and reach of narrative-based medicine with talented guests. Visit the Narrative-Based Medicine Lab to learn about our work and offerings.
Conor Mc Donnell reads an original, ekphrastic poem meditating on Francis Bacon’s painting “Study for the Nurse in Battleship Potemkin.” *** Follow "NBM Talks" for future episodes, where we explore the transformative impact and reach of narrative-based medicine with talented guests. Visit the Narrative-Based Medicine Lab to learn about our work and offerings.
Conor Mc Donnell reads an original poem that opens his first collection of poems Recovery Community (published by Mansfield Press in 2020). *** Follow "NBM Talks" for future episodes, where we explore the transformative impact and reach of narrative-based medicine with talented guests. Visit the Narrative-Based Medicine Lab to learn about our work and offerings.
Conor Mc Donnell reads an original poem that considers human anatomy from a different perspective. *** Follow "NBM Talks" for future episodes, where we explore the transformative impact and reach of narrative-based medicine with talented guests. Visit the Narrative-Based Medicine Lab to learn about our work and offerings.