Arts and Humanities Initiative at HMS Presents Leslie Jamison

Arts and Humanities Initiative at HMS Presents

Leslie Jamison

Marmor Artist in Residence at HMS

Essayist, New York Times Book Review columnist, and bestselling author of The Empathy Exams

Tuesday May 16, 2017

1:00?3:00pm | Luncheon and Narrative Master Class for Medical students TMEC 130

A discussion and writing exercise focusing on what literary narratives in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry can suggest about the experience of illness or medical care, and the difficulties and possibilities of empathy. Limited to 25 students --RSVP HERE--

5:00?7:00pm | Reading and Lecture, followed by Reception for the HMS Community TMEC Auditorium and Atrium

Harvard Medical students with valid HUID, will receive a copy of The Empathy Exams with ID during Reception. --RSVP HERE--

Wednesday May 17, 2017

1:00?3:00pm | Lunch and discussion about The Empathy Exams Modell Immunology Center, 100A Fred S. Rosen Lecture Hall, 210 Longwood Avenue

Leslie Jamison will meet with students, house staff, and faculty to discuss the process of writing her bestselling essay collection, The Empathy Exams, as well as narrative medicine and medical journalism in general. Limited to 25 students, house staff, and faculty --RSVP HERE--

5:00?6:30pm | Panel Discussion Jimmy Fund Auditorium, Dana Farber Cancer Institute

What Is Empathy, and How Do We Teach It? with Suzanne Koven, MD; Susan Block, MD; Fidencio Saldana, MD; and Ivana Viani, HMS. --Free and Open to the Public ? no RSVP required--

Leslie Jamison is the Inaugural Marmor Artist in Residence at HMS, supported by a gift from Drs. Michael and Jane Marmor, HMS '66.

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