The Examined Life: Writing and the Art of Medicine
April 23-25, 2008
at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine will host a three-day conference focusing on the links between the science of medicine and the art of writing.
Conference goals
- to foster collaboration and discussion on the role of creative writing in medical education and writing throughout a lifelong career as a physician;
- to share initiatives that demonstrate the role of creative writing in patient care;
- to offer skill-building sessions on writing, editing, and publishing creative work.
Who should attend?
Physicians, medical students, writers and educators, editors, medical staff and administrators, and anyone else with an interest in creative or reflective writing and medicine.
The University of Iowa is among the nation’s premier centers for creative writing, and its programs attract writers from all over the world. A dozen Pulitzer Prize-winners, numerous National Book Award recipients, and four recent US Poet Laureates have attended the University of Iowa. The University is home to the International Writing Program, the Nonfiction Writing Program, the Iowa Summer Writing Festival, and the Iowa Review. It is also home to the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, the first creative writing degree program in the United States, and the model for contemporary writing programs.
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