Sep 20, 2024
OHIO University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine 2022-2023

OCOM 6051 - Narrative Medicine for Social Justice and Inclusion 2: Open Book Project


The Open Book Project (OBP2) elective course builds upon the skills introduced in OBP1 while focusing on issues of social justice and inclusion in medicine. The Open Book Project elective (OBP2) deepens and expands preclinical medical students narrative medicine skills of close reading, radical listening and expressing their own stories. Students will engage with new selections of art, poetry, prose, and other works. Students will participate in one session of Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) led by staff of the Kennedy Art Museum.

Credit Hours:1

Course Outcomes
  • Students will be able to apply narrative competencies to osteopathic medical practice.
  • Students will be able to use empathy-building narrative medicine skills, including close reading, radical listening, and reflective writing.
  • Students will be able to consider ideologies and worldviews using a narrative approach.
  • Students will be able to apply a narrative framework to complex issues of social justice, inequities, and disparities.
  • Students will be able to apply narrative approaches to enhancing personal, professional and clinical relationships.
  • Students will be able to analyze issues of social justice through a process of reflective practice.


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