{"id":9415,"date":"2018-01-01T21:50:24","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T02:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/facdev-medicine\/?page_id=9415"},"modified":"2026-04-06T19:30:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T23:30:50","slug":"narrative-writing-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/facdev-medicine\/all-bumc\/narrative-writing-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Narrative Writing Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Narrative Writing Program<\/strong> (<\/span>NWP<\/span><\/strong>) provides faculty with the opportunity to develop narrative skills and gain confidence through in-class reflective writing, close reading and discussion of literary works of various genres, and writing workshops. Such narrative training fosters writing skills and can help guide participants to share stories of their professional work with a broader audience. The NWP training can enhance professional well-being and foster compassion for self and others. <\/span><\/o:p><\/span>The curriculum is designed to help faculty\u2014including clinicians, educators, scientists, and public health professionals\u2014to engage with stories and storytelling themes at the intersection of their own lives and those of their students\/trainees and the public. The program coaches participants through the process of writing and revising a narrative, which could include personal essays, fiction, poetry, op-ed, or other types of non-research writing. By the end of the course, participants will have written and revised a piece of writing suitable for submission for publication. <\/span><\/p>\n

Program Directors<\/strong>: Sarah Wingerter, MD<\/a> , and Jennifer Beard, PhD, MPH, MA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Applications for 2026-2027 are open from April 6th – May 18th!\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n

You cannot save your application once you have started it, so please prepare your answers in advance. A Word version of the application is available here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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