narrative medicine collabLAB
Become a member of the collabLAB community.
What?
The narrative medicine collabLAB is a monthly practice space for facilitators who have completed NWNMC Narrative Medicine Facilitator Training. 
We are a community that continues to develop our skills together. We do this by discussing ideas, presenting our workshop curricula for discussion, feedback, and practice. We celebrate successes, and troubleshoot roadblocks together.

In this space, you will learn about planning and leading narrative medicine activities from being in a variety of roles. Sometimes you will lead, knowing there is expertise in the group to give you feedback. Sometimes you will observe a facilitator from the participant perspective. Sometimes we brainstorm, sometimes we problem solve, sometimes we practice. Always, we collaborate with others who have a passion for this work.
When?
First Tuesday of every EVEN month from 5:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. PST and
First Thursday of every ODD month from 5:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. PST
All times listed in Pacific Standard Time (PST)
Thursday, January 5, 2023
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Thursday, March 2, 2023 
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Thursday, May 4, 2023 
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
Thursday, July 6, 2023
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Thursday, September 7, 2023
Tuesday, October 3, 2023
Thursday, November 2, 2023
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
How?
Cost is $40 for a half-series and $75 for a full-series.
Need based scholarships available. Please send an email to [email protected]

When you register, you will receive a calendar invite to all collabLAB sessions. If you register for a half-series, you will select up to 6 collabLAB sessions to join.
Why?
Continue to learn beyond the NM Facilitator Training
Connect with and learn from others doing narrative medicine work
Network with potential collaborators
Present your own ideas for feedback
Be a part of an interactive narrative medicine community
Accommodations
Please let us know if there are supports we can provide to facilitate your full participation.
About the facilitator
Dr. Elizabeth Lahti is Director of Narrative Medicine at Oregon Health Science University, and Co-founder & President of Northwest Narrative Medicine Collaborative. She teaches narrative medicine with a focus on identity formation, leadership development, recognizing bias, and patient centered care.

Elizabeth is a hospitalist, former high school teacher, first generation Peruvian American, creative writer, and mother of three who often views the world through those lenses. She lives in Portland, OR where you will find her on a tennis court, a snowy mountain, a hiking trail, or a coffee shop when she is not teaching or doctoring.

She is poetry editor for The Pharos, a medical humanities journal, director of the NWNMC Narrative Medicine Facilitator Training, founder and leader of the collabLAB, and a member of the Full Frontal Writing Collective. Her work has been published in Annals of Internal Medicine, Journal of General Internal Medicine, and The Intima: a Journal of Narrative Medicine.

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