The Palliative Story Exchange: An innovative storytelling intervention to build community, foster shared meaning, and improve sustainability
Training programs and healthcare organizations use the humanities to support clinician wellness and improve patient care. The PSE builds upon this work through a novel combination of storytelling, community co-creation using reflection, and shared meaning making. Initial survey data demonstrates that after attending a PSE, participants feel increased meaning in their work, in the significance of their own stories, and connection with the PC community. Moving forward, we seek to expand our community of practice, host a facilitator leadership course, and rigorously study the PSE's impact on clinician wellness outcomes.
Authors
- Rachel Rusch
- Alexis Drutchas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1596-1288)
- Richard E. Leiter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0018-8766)
Institutions
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Palliative & Supportive Care
- Published
- 2024-09-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s1478951524001226
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.31