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Join us in the heart of Chicago’s vibrant downtown for the
Fourth Training Institute for the Literature & Medicine program!

 

Learn how you can become involved in this innovative national reading and discussion group for health care professionals!

 

What is Literature & Medicine?

Literature & Medicine: Humanities at the Heart of Health CareŽ is an innovative, award winning program for health care professionals that helps them increase their job satisfaction, cultural awareness, communication skills, empathy and inter-personal skills—all through the reading and discussion of literature with colleagues. Not only are CEUs and CMES often available, it is also a lot of fun. As one participant described it, ‘It brings joy back into my work.’ ::: read more

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The Institute

This spring there will be an opportunity for those interested in starting the program, and for those new to it, to get all the tools they will need to launch a successful Literature & Medicine program of their own. The three days will combine small group discussions, plenary sessions, and many opportunities to interact with one another as well as current Literature & Medicine facilitators and hospital organizers.

We promise you will leave both informed and inspired!

The Literature & Medicine Training Institute offers participants:

  • a thorough understanding of the program’s structure, goals, and outcomes;
  • first-hand experience of what the program is like through small group discussions of readings;
  • a variety of ways to approach facilitating the program, including practical experience;
  • guidance in selecting readings and crafting syllabi;
  • clear instruction on the process for successful implementation of the program within hospitals and other health care facilities, including an understanding of the roles of the scholar, the liaison (what we call the hospital organizer), and the humanities council staff;
  • an introduction to our new anthology of readings, on-line annotated bibliography and other resources;
  • a valuable network of colleagues to draw upon for questions, best practices and reading recommendations.

In addition, each liaison and council staff member will receive a copy of our Literature & Medicine manual outlining the process of organizing the program in a health care facility. We hope to offer appropriate continuing education credits.


Who should attend? *

  • Any health care professional or hospital employee interested in starting a program
  • Humanities council staff, scholars, and liaisons who are or will be involved in the L&M program but have not yet attended an Institute
*Ideally, states will be represented by teams that include potential hospital organizers, facilitators, and state humanities council staff.

 

Register Now - Space is limited!

The first 20 registrants will receive a complementary copy of Ten Years of Medicine and the Arts, published by Academic Medicine, the Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges and edited by Lisa Dittrich. A rich resource!
“I left energized and ready to start a program at my hospital!”
“This was one of the best professional development experiences I have had [as a scholar].”
“The Institute was challenging and fulfilled my expectations, and more.”
“It was informative, stimulating, occasionally truly transforming.”