This is something. From one of my fav medical magazines, Proto comes an interview with Rita Charon, an internist and literary scholar at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She has initiated a new program in narrative medicine where medical students and clinicians fashion clinical experiences into narratives that reflect not only their points of ... Continue Reading about Narrative Medicine and the Parallel Chart
Writing with a Labradoodle
I’m a firm believer that creativity is a habit. My habit is that I write for 2 hours or so in the morning before the family wakes up. During the daylight hours I see children with digestive conditions. Then I write for an hour or so after the kids have gone to bed. I read, research and Tweet to fill in the cracks. Of course that was before Molly. She’s our ... Continue Reading about Writing with a Labradoodle
Writing When There’s Something to Say
After last week’s post about Seth Godin and Tom Peters on Blogging, it was suggested in the comments that ‘we should be writing when there’s something to say.’ It got me thinking, how do I know when I have something worth sharing? I don’t. The value of what I write here is dependent on the eye of the reader. Or the value may be for me. Writing can be ... Continue Reading about Writing When There’s Something to Say