“Why Write?”
by
Teresa L. Schraeder, M.D.
Writing and Medicine
Lecture for Second-Year Medical Students
Doctoring Course
by
Teresa L. Schraeder, M.D.
Writing and Medicine
Lecture for Second-Year Medical Students
Doctoring Course
Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University
September 4, 2008
Goal:
To familiarize the medical students with the world of writing and medicine, encourage them to reflect on their own feelings towards writing, and to offer instruction and ideas on how and why they should begin to write.
Objectives:
(1) To present an overview of the history of literary medicine with examples from Berton Roueché and Lewis Thomas to Jerome Groopman and Atul Gawande with a brief analysis and discussion of each.
(2) Present quantifiable benefits from published research on the benefits of writing during medical training and practice.
(3) To begin to think about the fundamentals of writing with examples of various styles, objectives, helpful tools, and publication tips.
(4) To allow the students to answer for themselves why they want to write – to realize their own objectives with regards to reporting, reflecting, communicating, and publishing.
2 articles to accompany lecture:
(1) “Doctors Who Wield the Pen to Heal the Profession,” Abigail Zuger, The New York Times, May 15, 2007.
(2) Anna Reixman et al. “The Craft of Writing; A Physician-Writer’s Workshop for Resident Physicians.” Journal of General Internal Medicine 2006 October; 21 (10); 1109-1111
Additional reading list:
(3) The Doctors Stories by Richard Selzer, “Imelda” pp. 83-97, 1998
(4) “Essay: Prescribed Reading” Jerome Groopman, The New York Times, May 13, 2007
September 4, 2008
Goal:
To familiarize the medical students with the world of writing and medicine, encourage them to reflect on their own feelings towards writing, and to offer instruction and ideas on how and why they should begin to write.
Objectives:
(1) To present an overview of the history of literary medicine with examples from Berton Roueché and Lewis Thomas to Jerome Groopman and Atul Gawande with a brief analysis and discussion of each.
(2) Present quantifiable benefits from published research on the benefits of writing during medical training and practice.
(3) To begin to think about the fundamentals of writing with examples of various styles, objectives, helpful tools, and publication tips.
(4) To allow the students to answer for themselves why they want to write – to realize their own objectives with regards to reporting, reflecting, communicating, and publishing.
2 articles to accompany lecture:
(1) “Doctors Who Wield the Pen to Heal the Profession,” Abigail Zuger, The New York Times, May 15, 2007.
(2) Anna Reixman et al. “The Craft of Writing; A Physician-Writer’s Workshop for Resident Physicians.” Journal of General Internal Medicine 2006 October; 21 (10); 1109-1111
Additional reading list:
(3) The Doctors Stories by Richard Selzer, “Imelda” pp. 83-97, 1998
(4) “Essay: Prescribed Reading” Jerome Groopman, The New York Times, May 13, 2007
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