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Certification of Professional Achievement Narrative Medicine at Columbia University

Columbia University, United States

Programme overview

A non-degree, fully asynchronous online part-time programme that prepares health professionals, writers and scholars to apply the skills and values of narrative understanding in their careers.

Faculty: Columbia University School of Professional Studies  |  Study mode: part-time; online asynchronous  |  Location: New York, NY, United States

What you will study

Courses combining multimedia presentations, weekly discussions and collaborative activities; students design and evaluate narrative training interventions in clinical settings and complete a non-credit Narrative Medicine workshop. Completers receive the equivalent of six elective credits toward the M.S. in Narrative Medicine.

Career pathways

Graduates are prepared to champion narrative medicine in medical schools and hospitals and to evaluate and expand narrative medicine programmes.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Intended for healthcare trainees and professionals and for people in literature, writing, health journalism and medical anthropology.

Apply through the official page: https://sps.columbia.edu/admissions

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