Tag: narrative medicine
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The Next Chapter
2023 was many things, but if nothing else it was a banner year for my development as a writer. I was lucky enough to have short stories published in Canadian Family Physician, Pulse magazine, and The COVID Journals anthology from University of Alberta Press. I was also lucky enough to participate in the Humber School for…
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New – Teachings
A big “thank you” to Pulse for publishing a short story of mine. “Teachings” is an account of one of my first ventures into Northern Ontario and a crash course in Indigenous health and culture. Pulse is a tremendous online magazine publishing first-person experiences from all sides of healthcare and medicine. Special thanks to Diane…
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The COVID Journals
It’s here! Very excited to be included in this collection of experiences by healthcare workers in the early days of COVID-19. Shane Neilson, Sarah Fraser, and Arundhati Dhara have done a tremendous job pulling together a really diverse read that captures the roller coaster of emotions we all went through in those first waves. Some…
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New – Traffic Patterns
Link: Traffic Patterns Hot off the press! My short story “Traffic Patterns” was published in this month’s issue of Canadian Family Physician! This is a true story – an account of a fly-on-the-wall moment in the back hall of an emergency room on a sleepy Sunday afternoon. A story about small moments, details, that are…
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A Reading List
As a general rule, when I’m reading in my free time I refuse to read about work. But I have broken this rule for a handful of books that have struck all the right notes of poignancy, humour, and authenticity. They’ve made medicine and healthcare accessible and, most importantly, they’ve told good stories. Here is…
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Mimi Divinsky Award
It was a true honour on November 11th 2022 to accept the year’s Mimi Divinsky Award for History and Narrative in Family Medicine from the College of Family Physicians of Canada. https://www.cfpc.ca/en/home Dr. Mimi Divinkski, who passed away in 2007, was a driving force for narrative medicine in Canada, as well as for a number…
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Coming Soon – The COVID Journals
Link: The COVID Journals Thrilled to be included in this anthology of healthcare workers writing about their COVID19 experience (or in my case, perhaps lack thereof). It’s very exciting to have my short piece “Behind the Front Lines (or The COVID Experience that Never Was)” included alongside some of the finest writers in Canadian narrative…
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Country Doctor
Link: Country Doctor My first published work – was very happy to have this piece selected for the Spring 2019 issue of Columbia University’s online publication Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine https://www.theintima.org/ A fictional account of a seasoned small-town physician’s rush to action in the wee hours of the morning. All at once ordinary…
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A message from Rory
I am a family doctor in Toronto, Canada, with a keen lifelong interest in creative writing, journalism, and memoir. I am particularly engaged in the field of narrative medicine, using narrative principles to reflect on and inform my clinical work. I grew up in small towns in Atlantic Canada, and have worked in a range…
Rory O'Sullivan 