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(SA07) The Power of Narrative Medicine: An Evidence Update and Review of Strategies

Saturday, March 9, 2024
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
Room: 225CD
CMD Clinical Credit Recording
CME: (1) MOC: (1) CMD Clinical: (1) NP Pharmacology Hours ()

    Session Chair/Speaker(s)

  • Neema Sharda, MD

    Assistant Professor
    Duke
    Chapel Hill, North Carolina

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose.

    • Speaker(s)

  • Anika J. Pawlak

    Undergraduate Student
    Duke University
    Germantown, Wisconsin

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose.

  • Michael A. Lourie, MD, MPH (he/him/his)

    Geriatric medicine fellow
    Duke Geriatrics
    Durham, NC

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose.

  • GB

    Gwendolen Buhr, MD, MEd, CMD

    Associate Professor of Medicine/Geriatrics
    Duke University
    Durham, North Carolina

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose.

  • MY

    Mamata Yanamadala, MBBS, MS (she/her/hers)

    Associate Professor
    Duke University School of Medicine
    Durham, North Carolina

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose.

Disclosure(s):
Neema Sharda, MD: No financial relationships to disclose.
Anika J. Pawlak: No financial relationships to disclose.
Michael A. Lourie, MD, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose.
Gwendolen Buhr, MD, MEd, CMD: No financial relationships to disclose.
Mamata Yanamadala, MBBS, MS: No financial relationships to disclose.
Narrative medicine and reflective practice are important strategies that can combat staff burnout, improve resident well-being, and influence learner attitudes in post-acute and long-term care. Reflection, storytelling, and poetry can help people find meaning from individual experiences and help cope with challenges. This important pillar of clinician practice can be applied to patients, inter-professional healthcare workers and learners. This session will review current literature supporting narrative medicine in long-term care. Additionally, implementation of narrative medicine in these settings can be challenging. This session will provide examples of how narrative medicine can be practiced in these settings using story-telling, poetry, and reflective writing. To complete the session, we will practice narrative medicine strategies and discuss the impact of the activities.

Learning Objectives:

At the completion of this session, learners will be able to:
  • Review the use of narrative medicine and its impact on staff, learners and residents in long-term care
  • Review examples of narrative medicine interventions and potential for implementation in facilities
  • Practice narrative medicine strategies to reflect on our own experience in long-term care