Narrative Medicine Skills Training
Narrative Medicine Skills Training
Hosted by the Center for Community and Global Health, and developed with support from the Mellon Foundation, community partner Northwest Narrative Medicine Collaborative (NWNMC) brings Narrative Medicine Skills Training to Lewis & Clark campus.
Northwest Narrative Medicine Collaborative (NWNMC) gathers health care professionals, patients, caregivers, students, academics, and artists in the shared practice of narrative medicine.
Narrative Medicine Skills Training introduces the narrative medicine principles of attention, representation, and affiliation and develops participant skills of listening and witnessing. We will reflect on how listening and witnessing can be applied to stories of health, illness and healing in diverse healthcare settings to improve care and support healing.
Who is Training for?
- Students entering, studying, or considering the health professions
- Healthcare professionals, faculty and staff curious about the practice of narrative medicine
- Folks living with health conditions as patients or caregivers
In-person and interactive, this workshop encourages exploration, curiosity, and discussion in large and small groups, pairs, and mixed cohorts of students, healthcare professionals, and community members interested in the practice of narrative medicine. There will be opportunities to listen, read, write reflectively, and time to share writing if participants choose. Adequate breaks and restoration periods are included, as is lunch!
We are strengthened individually when we do this work in community–all are welcome.
Not sure if you see yourself on this list? Other questions? Reach out to Alexis Rehrmann
When
Narrative Medicine Skills Training
Saturday, February 21, 2026
Cost
$ 150.00 Health Care Community General Registration (Healthcare Professionals, Faculty, Staff)
$ 0.00 Student Registration (Costs are contributed by your home institution L&C, OHSU).
A limited number of scholarships are available for those who are unable to afford the cost of registration. Please contact Alexis Rehrmann to request one.
Register for Narrative Medicine Skills Training
Narrative Medicine Skills Training participants will learn to:
- Define and practice the narrative medicine principles of attention, representation and affiliation
- Strengthen their narrative medicine skills.
- Reflect on how narrative medicine practice can build systems of trust
- Explore narrative medicine applications in diverse settings.
Equity & Inclusion Actions
- Racial equity and justice lens is directly expressed
- Patient narratives are centered
- Positionality Reflections are included
Program Findings: Narrative Scribe Training Year 3
We carried out NWNMC’s third Narrative Scribe Training on February 11, 2023. This year, 60 participants registered for the training and 46 participated. L&C undergraduates were drawn from courses in Narrative Medicine, Public Health, Medical Anthropology, and Psychology. We also welcomed community members, health professionals, faculty and students from partner institutions in the Pacific Northwest (NW5C). Post-training feedback was completed by 24 participants and showed strong evidence of having achieved the learning objectives.
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