Creativity in Medicine: Navigating Uncertainty through Art and Literature
Uncertainty is an unavoidable reality in medicine —experienced by patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals alike. In this engaging online class led by the award-winning Bellevue Literary Review, we’ll explore how poetry, stories, and visual art can help us make sense of medicine’s complexities. Open to all, this event blends creativity and reflection to grapple with ambiguity and the unknown. Discover how art and literature can be accessible guides for navigating the often unsettling waters of illness, caregiving, and healing.
What to expect:
- Explore how art and literature can help us wrestle with our lived experiences of uncertainty
- Learn observation and reflection skills through facilitated engagement with BLR poetry, stories, and cover art
- Tap into your own creativity by participating in expressive exercises led by the BLR team
Details:
- Thursday, September 26, at 7:00 p.m. ET
- Live, online
- Open to all, no experience necessary
- Cost: $25
About the Facilitators
Annie Robinson is an educator, writer, artist, and full-spectrum doula with nearly 20 years of experience working in healthcare. She earned a Master of Science in Narrative Medicine from Columbia University in 2014. Over the last decade, Annie has designed and delivered arts-based education to thousands of clinicians and clinicians-in-training in New York City. www.annierobinsonwellness.com
Danielle Ofri is a founder and Editor-in-Chief of BLR. She is a primary care internist at Bellevue Hospital and a clinical professor of medicine at NYU. Her writing appears in the New York Times, The New Yorker, the New England Journal of Medicine, and elsewhere. A Guggenheim fellow, Ofri is the author of six books about life in medicine, including When We Do Harm: A Doctor Confronts Medical Error. www.danielleofri.com