The schedule of events for the 3-day conference, “The Examined Life: Writing and the Art of Medicine,” a lecture series displaying the links between the science of medicine and the art of writing is full of interesting lectures and discussions. The event runs from April 29th- May 1st and offers a wide array of presentations.
Here is a basic itinerary of the 3-day event:
Wednesday, 4/29: Plenary Session: The Music, Art and Ethics of Suffering– 7:30-9pm (IMU South Room-179)
Thursday, 4/30: Featured Presentation: Holding Power: Between Pen and Scalpel– 12:30- 1:30pm (2117 MERF)
Thursday, 4/30: Plenary Session: Doctors in the Making: Memoirs and Medical Education– 3:45- 5pm (2117 MERF)
Thursday, 4/30: Featured Presentation: Fiction and the Examined Life– 6:30-7:30pm (Shambaugh Auditorium, UI Main Library)
Friday, 5/1: Featured Presentation: For Whom Do We Write– 12:30-1:30pm (2117 MERF)
Friday, 5/1: Plenary Session: Healing or Not, Here WE Come: Creative Writing and Disability– 3:15-4:30pm (2117 MERF)
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