Time and meeting details forthcoming.
In this workshop participants will focus on cultivating the practice of empathetic reflection. Self-awareness is fundamental to effective communication and collaboration with others. Recognizing personal biases and associations and understanding one’s own thoughts, feelings and behaviors allows a person to make deliberate choices about how to express oneself and connect with others. We will use contemplative practices rooted in Narrative Medicine and theater pedagogy to teach a process of self-reflexivity.
Objectives:
- Define the terms:
- Narrative medicine
- Narrative reflection
- Empathetic reflection
- Discuss a process of self-reflexivity and its relationship to cultivating empathy
- Recognize the complexity of listening to spoken and unspoken stories
- Discuss the role of empathetic reflection in compassion and collaboration
- Engage in collaborative meaning-making
For any questions, please e-mail MDFacultyDev@tcu.edu.