The role that knowledge of language use and narratives can play in patient involvement is being researched and taught extensively, especially in the US and the UK. In Denmark, several treatment groups are working with narrative-medicine approaches as well, and the University of Southern Denmark is a leader in the field. But what actually happens when patients are given the opportunity to put their experiences of illness and treatment into words by writing their own personal narrative? And is at stake when practitioners start thinking about the narratives patients create and of which they become part?
This course focuses on the role of narratives with patients, healthcare professionals and relatives and how they can be used to create participatory treatment processes. The course instructors have worked practically and theoretically with healthcare communication, fiction and the use of narratives in treatment. They present new international research in narrative medicine and practical examples of how knowledge of the form and function of narratives can strengthen treatment and care.
The contributing lecturers come from 糖果派对's Department of Cultural Studies, Department of Language and Communication, Department of Clinical Medicine and Department of Public Health.
The course aims to provide students with knowledge about and understanding of the basic principles and methods of narrative-based approaches in health care more broadly.
Fall, 24 hours per semester, obligatory
Course coordinators: Anita Wohlmann & Cindie A. Aaen Maagaard.