title: Part seven: The role of narrative in the everyday practice of medicine developing narrative competence.
abstract: It has been the thesis of this symposium that medicine is a narrative enterprise. We have presented our case that the work in is largely narrative. If that is true, then one of the goals of medical education should be to create methods of improving the narrative competencies in learners and practitioners of medicine. This final paper will explore the field of Narrative Medicine and briefly discuss methods currently in use in American Medical Education and conclude with the experience at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine over the past ten years.
authors.affiliation: University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, WP 1160 P.O. Box 26901, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73190, USA.
authors.forename: Jerry
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vannatta
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schleifer
authors.forename: Sheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Crow
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical; D006809:Humanities; D006801:Humans; D033262:Narration; D009825:Oklahoma; D012577:Schools, Medical; D014742:Videodisc Recording