PED 6230 (2019/2020)

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State: PUBLISHED

Course: PED 6230 - Writing as Self Discovery: Using Literature to Prompt Reflection and Personal Insight

Description: Brief Description of Course:

Students will meet via Zoom twice a week for up to 90 minutes to engage in guided reflection, using a process developed by Rita Charon, MD, PhD, founder of Narrative Medicine (see references below). Under the guidance of Dr. Richards, who worked closely with Dr. Charon for nearly a decade at Columbia, students will together read deeply a selected work of literature (short story, poem), discuss students' reactions and insights to the literary work, and then write for less than 5 minutes to a given prompt. Dr. Richards will select literary works and prompts relevant to medical students' lived experience. The course will end with an assignment to spent up to 2 hours writing a "signature reflection"-a reflection about prior reflections.

Course Objectives:

As a result of successfully completing the "Writing as Self Discovery Elective Course," students will be able to:

1. Engage comfortably in deep reading of literary works and compare personal perspectives about hose readings with peers

2. Gain insight about themselves and each other as physicians-in-the-making by writing and sharing personal reflections in the shadow of previously encountered literary works.

3. Appreciate the role of personal values, goals, and experience as a foundation for career development and resilience.

Department: Pediatrics

Credit Range: .5 - .5

Academic Year: 2019/2020

Permission Required: No

School Years: MSIMSIIMSIIIMSIV

Course Classifications: ELECTIVEVIRTUAL

Coordinator(s): HAFFEY,HAILEY (DC) | hailey.haffey@nurs.utah.eduMalm,Sierra (DC) | sierra.malm@hsc.utah.edu

Directors(s): Richards,Boyd (DD) | u6010450@utah.edu

Possible Grade(s): Fail (F)Pass (P)

Prerequisites: None

Add Policy: Course may be added to schedule by the first day of class.

Drop Policy: Course may be dropped from schedule 30 days before it starts.

Syllabus: No syllabus.

Available Sections

	Title	Tags	Year	Start/End	C	S	W
	PED 6230 - Writing as Self Discovery: Using Literature to Prompt Reflection and Personal Insight (Virtual)	VIRTUALELECTIVE	2019/2020	04/13/2020 - 05/08/2020	.5	13	0
	PED 6230 - Writing as Self Discovery (Virtual)	ELECTIVEVIRTUAL	2019/2020	05/11/2020 - 06/05/2020	.5	11	0