Poetically processing the care experience from both sides of the patient-provider relationship

Michele Mekel, Penn State

March 11, 2024 @ 03:30 pm to 05:30 pm

125 Borland
University Park

This session will engage poetry as a creative-writing genre that enables reflective processing of care experiences, which can help medical professionals in managing moral injury and burnout. Workshop participants will be exposed to ekphrasis and other prompt-based approaches. Following the writing exercise, attendees will be invited to share their care-based poetic reflections (or another care-based poetic work they have written).

Bring a pen/pencil and paper, or a charged electronic device for your word creations.