Whatever your experience has been living through the COVID pandemic over the past five years, you are invited to unpack your story with colleagues at this year’s edition of the Doctors’ Lounge Festival of Medical Storytelling.
This annual event is an evening dedicated to sharing stories, poems, songs and artwork about our experiences as physicians, whether as providers or as recipients of medical care, or as caregivers.
Presenters are asked to keep their contributions to less than five minutes.
Even if you are not prepared to be a presenter, your potential feedback as an audience member will hopefully make this a fully interactive experience. Dr. Rex Kay of Ars Medica: A Journal of Medicine, The Arts and Humanities will be on hand to give insightful feedback on the creative efforts presented.
To kick off the evening, we will be hearing from Dr. Joe Vipond, co-founder of the Canadian Covid Society and corresponding author for a call for national COVID-19 inquiry. At the root of any inquiry will be the stories of our experiences of COVID. While we wait for the powers-that-be to formally initiate that process, we can start the process of healing and repair by sharing our stories.
The District 11 Doctors’ Lounge program is part of the district’s health and wellness initiative designed to provide Toronto physicians with opportunities to interact in a collegial, non-clinical setting.
Stay up to date about upcoming programs and access links about past programs.