Narrative Medicine & Storytelling
Every emergency physician carries stories; the ones we don’t tell are the ones that do the damage. Storytelling is my preferred treatment — for second-victim syndrome, for the parts of training nobody warns you about, and for making the public feel what a chart never shows. It’s why I host Anamnesis, MedPage Today’s storytelling podcast, and why I’ve taken narrative medicine to a TEDx stage and a HIMSS session.
Start hereER Doctor: What it’s like to lose a patient — The Blaze
TEDxUofIChicago · 2016 — A Story of Numbers
How numbers defined her life — until she started to define them.
In print
2019An image that reminds us what life versus death looks likeEssay — A single image from the ER, and the line it draws.KevinMD2015ER Doctor: What it’s like to lose a patientEssay — What it is actually like to lose a patient.The Blaze2014Reflecting on the first month as a new physicianEssay — The first month with ‘MD’ after your name.KevinMD
From the stage
Narrative medicine: Combating burnout one story at a timeHIMSS Global Health Conference · 2022
A Story of NumbersTEDxUofIChicago · 2016Schwartz Rounds: It’s okay to feelJPS Interdepartmental Lectures
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