title: What Pauline Doesn't Know: Using Guided Fiction Writing to Educate Health Professionals about Cultural Competence.
abstract: Research linking reading literary fiction to empathy supports health humanities programs in which reflective writing accompanies close readings of texts, both to explore principles of storytelling (narrative arc and concrete language) and to promote an examination of biases in care. Little attention has been paid to the possible contribution of guided fiction-writing in health humanities curricula toward enhancing cultural competence among health professionals, both clinical and community-based. Through an analysis of the short story "Pie Dance" by Molly Giles, juxtaposed with descriptions of specific writing exercises, this paper explains how the demands of writing fiction promote cultural competency.
authors.affiliation: Master of Public Health Program, University of Missouri-Columbia, 802 Lewis Hall, Columbia, MO, 65203, USA. Saffranl@health.missouri.edu.
authors.forename: Lise
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0990-9259
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Saffran
mesh_terms: D054521:Cultural Competency / Q000193:education*; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health; D014956:Writing
keywords: Cultural competency; Health humanities; Health professions education; Public health