Life. Death. Tragedy. Hope. Terror. Relief. Cooperation. Politics. Trust. Betrayal.
These are but a few of the elements of storytelling that you may have experienced due to living through the COVID pandemic over the past 5 years. Whatever your experience has been in this ongoing saga, you are invited to unpack your story with colleagues at this year’s edition of the Doctors’ Lounge Festival of Medical Storytelling.
This annual event is an evening dedicated to sharing stories, poems, songs, and artwork about our experiences as physicians, whether as providers or as a recipients of medical care, or as caregivers.
Presenters are asked to keep their contributions to less than 5 minutes.
Even if you are not prepared to be a presenter, your potential feedback as an audience member will hopefully make this a fully interactive experience. Dr. Rex Kay of Ars Medica: A Journal of Medicine, The Arts and Humanities will be on hand to give insightful feedback on the creative efforts presented.
To kick off the evening, we will be hearing from Dr. Joe Vipond, co-founder of the Canadian Covid Society and corresponding author for a call for national COVID-19 inquiry. At the root of any inquiry will be the stories of our experiences of COVID. While we wait for the powers that be to formally initiate that process, we can start the process of healing and repair by sharing our stories.
Please join us.
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