Focusing on recovery: Using narrative as an experiential tool to reflect on the pandemic - prose

June 6, 2023

This session will be facilitated by Dr. Melanie Hnatiuk MD, CCFP, FCFP in collaboration with Well Doc Alberta. Learn more about Melanie.

An updated reading will be presented, so everyone is welcome to attend. The session is interactive, and participants will be invited to do some writing and sharing during the session. You will be encouraged to have your camera on. Open to staff physicians in Alberta.

For more information or to register, please visit the Welldoc event page.

Melanie has been a family physician for 16 years, the last ten of which have been at the South Health Campus Family Medicine Teaching clinic. There, Melanie cares for her panel of patients while teaching medical students and residents as a Clinical Associate Professor for the University of Calgary.  In addition to her clinical and academic work, she has been a passionate advocate, most recently with the Alberta College of Family Physicians as a board member, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta as a member of the Competence Committee, as well as numerous other committees and boards. Melanie has recently transitioned from the Director, Patient Medical Home for the Department of Family Medicine to the new role of Lead, Faculty Wellness for the DFM. Melanie’s interests include exploring creative pursuits such as narrative-based medicine, as well as spending time in nature with her husband, three daughters, and her dog. 

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