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The application submission deadline for the upcoming 2010 AMSA Writers' Institute has been extended to May 15, 2010.  


Have made your plans for this summer? Maybe you are doing research, studying abroad or starting clinical rotations. You should also consider joining us for a long weekend from July 22 through July 25, 2010 at our first-ever AMSA Writer's Institute offers a creative space for nurture, reflection, learning and writing in a shared- community experience.  Emerging writers, student editors and bloggers are welcome to join us.

Writing in Medicine: Bearing Witness is a three-day writing experience developed for students interested in writing. The Institute is focused on three writing tracks: poetry, prose and journalism. Participants will also learn about writing techniques to nurture their creative expression. The weekend will include writing instruction, workshop time, idea sharing, networking and mentoring. Participants will also write throughout the weekend in facilitated small-groups.   Students participating in the poetry or poetry tracks need not have formal writing experiences, or training but should demonstrate their interest in delving deeper into their own writing whether for publication or self-enrichment. Ideal participants for the journalism track will have prior experience in journalism and/or non-fiction writing, and will therefore be able to bring their own work and connections to enrich the Institute experience. As part of the application process, students will will need to submit an essay or works of poetry.

There are poetry, prose and journalism tracks for participation in small, facilitated writing groups have been developed for medical students. We are still in the midst of planning - our lead faculty will include physician and poet Rafael Campo www.rafaelcampo.com,  Dr. Campo is Director of the Harvard Program in the Medical Humanities,  New England Journal of Medicine, Graduate Medical Education Editor Dr. Teresa Schraeder who also teaches "Physician as Communicator" at the Brown Alpert School of Medicine and family physician Therese Zink an editor of The Country Doctor Revisited: A 21st Century Reader of Rural Health Care, Dr. Zink is on faculty with University of Minnesota’s Rural Physician Associate Program (RPAP).  Tom Linden, MD teaches. courses in medical journalism for undergraduate and graduate students and directs the Medical & Science Journalism Program at the University of North Carolina, one of the nation's first master's programs in medical journalism. Dr. Linden is author of the just published The New York Times Reader: Health & Medicine (CQ Press).  Sayantani DasGupta, MD, MPH is an assistant clinical professor of pediatrics and a core faculty member of the Program in Narrative Medicine at Columbia University. She also teaches in the graduate program in Health Advocacy at Sarah Lawrence College, and is a prose faculty member in the summer writing conference Writing the Medical Experience at Sarah Lawrence College. Dr. DasGupta is co-author of The Demon Slayers and Other Stories: Bengali Folktales (1995), author of Her Own Medicine: A Woman's Journey from Student to Doctor (1999), and co-editor of Stories of Illness and Healing: Women Write Their Bodies (2007). She is an associate editor of the Journal Literature and Medicine, additional details at http://www.sayantanidasgupta.com.

If you have any questions please feel free to reach out any or all of  us:






Katherine Ellington
National Chair 
Wellness & Student Life Committee

Creator, Producer and Host
AMSA National Book Discussion Webinars

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2010 AMSA National Writer's Institute 
Writing in Medicine: Bearing Witness with Poetry, Prose and Journalism
July 22 - 25, 2010 •  Washington, DC • Reston, VA
Apply Now!  Click here




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