title: A faculty development workshop in narrative-based reflective writing.
abstract: Narrative approaches are used increasingly in the health professions with a range of objectives. We must acquaint educators with this burgeoning field and prepare them for the incorporation of story-telling in their pedagogical practices. The authors describe a template for a faculty development workshop designed to foster self-reflection through the use of narrative techniques and prepare clinical teachers to deploy such approaches. The design is based on a six-year experience in delivering introductory workshops in narrative approaches to medical teachers. The workshops, which served as a model for the template, have been offered to a total of 92 clinicians being trained to mentor medical students. A generic template is described. It includes a table of core concepts from narrative theory, a set of probing questions useful in a basic technical analysis of texts and a list of initiating prompts for exercises in reflective writing. A workshop organized and deployed using this template is deliverable over a half-day. The model has proven to be feasible and highly valued by participants. It can be adapted for other contexts by educators across the continuum of health professional education.
authors: Department of Medicine, McGill University, 3655 Drummond St., McIntyre Medical Sciences Building, Room 529, Montreal, QC H3G 1Y6 Canada.
authors: J Donald
authors: JD
authors: Boudreau
authors: Stephen
authors: S
authors: Liben
authors: Abraham
authors: A
authors: Fuks
keywords: Creative writing; Faculty development; Narrative; Reflective writing; Self-reflection