Health Sciences Professional Development: Medicine Needs Poetry
Tuesday, April 14, 2026 / 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.
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Health Sciences Professional Development: Medicine Needs Poetry
Tuesday, April 14, 2-3 p.m. CT | 12-1 p.m. MT
- Analyze poetry as a rigorous reflective practice to enhance clinician self-awareness, empathy, and moral reasoning in education.
- Apply reflective writing techniques using poetry to support learner well-being, professional identity formation, and resilience.
- Integrate poetry-based activities into teaching and mentoring learners, to deepen discussion of uncertainty, suffering, and meaning in care.
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Janna Lopez, MFA
Inaugural Poet-in-Residence for Medical Humanities
Creighton University School of Medicine
Founder of Poetic Intelligence