Emily Silverman - The Power of the Voice

1975 Zonal Avenue,Los Angeles CA 90033

16 February, 2023

Description

Emily Silverman is an internal medicine physician at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and the creator and host of the acclaimed medical storytelling live show The Nocturnists. In an intimate talk, she will discuss the origin of The Nocturnists podcast and how storytelling provides an avenue to physician self-care and re-centers the dialogic work at the heart of healing encounters, followed by an exploration of topics featured in her recently completed series, Shame in Medicine: The Lost Forest, and a Q&A. Reception to follow. All attendees are welcome. Click here to learn more. Presented by USC Visions and Voices. Organized by Pamela Schaff (Medical Education, Family Medicine, and Pediatrics), Ron Ben-Ari (Internal Medicine and Medical Education), Sabrina Derrington (Pediatrics), and Erika Wright (Medical Education and English). Co-sponsored by Keck School of Medicine’s HEAL (Humanities, Ethics, Art, and the Law) Program, the USC Pacific Center for Health Policy and Ethics, and the CHLA Center for Bioethics.