TED Health The mental health benefits of storytelling for health care workers | Laurel Braitman
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Dec 15, 2020 AI Snips
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Storytelling Workshops At Medical School
- Laurel Braitman taught storytelling workshops to physicians, nurses and medical students at Yale School of Medicine to reintroduce humanities into medical training.
- Students used writing and sharing to surface fears, suicide attempts, anxiety and isolation they had been hiding during training.
Emotional Health Is Marginalized In Medicine
- Physicians' own humanity and emotional well-being are rarely made core parts of medical training, and vulnerability can be career-ending.
- High rates of depression and suicide among medical students and physicians make this omission dangerous for both clinicians and patients.
Create Safe Story Spaces For Clinicians
- Offer structured spaces where health care workers can write, tell stories and practice vulnerability with peers.
- Use workshops, retreats and live series to help clinicians reconnect with what drew them to medicine.