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How is the practice of writing useful to medicine? How is the practice of medicine useful to writing? Our workshop will make use of short exercises, readings, and discussion to respond to these questions in general and personal terms. Several forms of prose, such as journaling, fiction, and the personal essay, will be considered as avenues of reflection and insight, and we will spend some time discussing the uses of reflection in maintaining compassion and perspective when presented with patients and their attendant medical conditions and suffering. We will also consider some of the ethical issues that come into play when a writer uses medical practice to inform the writing, and vice versa, and discuss ways of bringing the concept and value of writing to patients.

This workshop is open to medical professionals and care providers, and does not presume extensive writing experience. Advance registration required. Contact Marjorie Sandor: msandor@oregonstate.edu)

Led by Chris Adrian, pediatrician and author of the novels Gob’s Grief and The Children’s Hospital, whose work has appeared in such magazines as The Paris Review, Zoetrope, Ploughshares, McSweeney's, and The New Yorker.

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