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Narrative Medicine Program

Our mission is to focus on the human side of medicine, to increase the satisfaction and fulfillment of students and physicians, and to chronicle the amazing world of Temple University Hospital. We do this through a celebration of and emphasis on stories and storytelling.

 

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The Story of Baby Rey
December 17, 2019
By: Michael Vitez
What About Jessie?
November 12, 2019
By: Pam Vasquez, Certified Recovery Specialist
24 hours in the life of an opioid epidemic

As seen by medical students at Temple’s Episcopal Campus

April 14, 2019
By: Michael Vitez
Temple nurses take road trip to Emerald City

“Breaks your heart,” said one, “but so glad we did this.”

February 08, 2019
By: Michael Vitez
Lost in the Emerald City

I met one patient after a heroin overdose and followed him for a year. He so badly wanted to share his story. I wondered: Could it help him?

October 23, 2018
By: Michael Vitez
The Waiting Room
February 14, 2018
By: Daniel Pustay
One overdose story in a hospital with far too many
October 19, 2017
By: Michael Vitez
A Lighthouse in a Storm

When he was still a 4th-year medical student, Robert Dyer explored a terrifying fear: Will he fall apart with dying patients?

July 19, 2017
By: Robert Dyer, LKSOM Class of 2017
The education of a doctor and the heroin addict she tried to help
March 27, 2017
By: Michael Vitez
What does compassion look like?

Stories from inside the examination room.

February 20, 2017
By: Michael Vitez