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PRE-CONFERENCE

THURSDAY, November 11
10:00 am - 5:00 pmLiterature & Medicine Humanities at the Heart of Health CareŽ Training
     (Pre-registration is required for participation in this training)
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Screening and discussion of the documentary, The Lioness. (Open to all conference and L&M Training participants)

This award winning documentary tells the story of a group of female Army support soldiers who were part of the first program in American history to send women into direct ground combat without the same training as their male counterparts. With captivating detail, this probing documentary reveals the unexpected consequences that began by using these Army women to defuse tensions with local civilians, but resulted in their fighting alongside Marine combat units in the streets of Ramadi. Together the women’s candid narratives describing their experiences in Iraq and scenes from their lives back home form a portrait of the emotional and psychological effects of war from a female point of view.

To view a trailer and learn more: The Lioness


CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, November 12
7:30 am - 8:30 amRegistration & continental breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 amWelcomes
9:00 am - 10:00 amPresentation by Jonathan Shay—Q & A
10:15 am - 11:45 amConcurrent Workshops: Session I
Participants will pre-register to attend one of the following workshops:
  1. Clinician’s Guide to Invisible Wounds: Seeing Inside our Patients and Ourselves—Veneta Masson, RN, MA
  2. Films and Feelings: Beyond Spectacle to Process and Reflection—Maura Spiegel, PhD
  3. From Ancient Greece to Baghdad (and Beyond): Reading Homer with Combat Veterans—Roberta Stewart, PhD; Alan Oakman, and Father Joseph O’Keeffe
  4. How Wounded Healer Stories Help Us Heal—Jonna Goulding, MD
  5. Literature and Understanding Sources of Trauma—Noel Genova, MA, PA-C
  6. Reflective Engagement: Creating Effective Partnerships with TBI Family Caregivers—Janet Cromer, RN, MA, ATR, LMHC
11:45am - 1:00 pmLunch on your own
1:00 pm - 3:30 pmTheater of War - Reader’s Theater performance of Ajax & Philoctetes with panel discussion
4:00 pm - 5:30 pmConcurrent Workshops: Session II
Participants will pre-register to attend one of the following workshops:
  1. Graphic Witness: Comics, Drawing and Trauma—Catherine Belling, PhD and MK Czerweic, RN
  2. “The Stories We Tell”: Medicine for the Heart—Laura Simms, Storyteller
  3. Towards Knowing: Can We Teach and Develop the Capacity for Empathy?—Kerryellen Vroman, PhD
  4. Veterans’ Stories: Trauma and the Experience of War—Robert Patrick; Gala True, PhD; and 1LT Sam Console
  5. Violence and the Remaking of a Self: A Philosophical Perspective on Trauma and Narrative—Susan Brison, PhD
  6. Working through Words: Narrative and Self-Care—Nellie Hermann, MFA; Pat Stanley, MA, MBA; and Maura Spiegel, PhD
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Reception (cash bar)
Book Sales

Dinner on your own
SATURDAY, November 13
7:30 am - 9:00 amContinental breakfast
9:00 am - 10:00 amPresentation by Kate Braestrup: The Bad News and the Good News — Q & A
10:15 am -11:45 amConcurrent Workshops: Session III
Participants will pre-register to attend one of the following workshops:
  1. And We Flew...the Medicine of Meaning—Laura Simms, Storyteller
  2. Collateral Damage: The Hidden Cost of Caring for Others Presenters—Hugh Silk, MD, FAAFP and David Loxterkamp, MD
  3. Reliving and Relieving Traumatic Suffering as Death Approaches—Elizabeth Hart, MD
  4. “Who Am I?” The Essence of Identity After Traumatic Brain Injury—Suzanne Brown, PhD; Celeste Campbell, PsyD; and Debjani Mukherjee, PhD
  5. Working through Words: Narrative and Self-Care—Nellie Hermann, MFA; Pat Stanley, MA, MBS and Maura Spiegel, PhD
  6. “You’ve Gotta Be Twice as Bad as the Boys:— The Uses of Narrative to Explore the Experiences and Needs of Women Veterans—Helen Benedict, PhD
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch
Presentation by Tim O’Brien: Two Heads and The Things They Carried — Q & A

Goodbyes
2:00 pm - 3:00 pmBook sales

Accreditation:

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The College of Physicians and Surgeons designates this educational activity for a maximum of 14.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The American College of Nurse Practitioners (ACNP) and the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accept AMA/PRA category 1 credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME.

The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) accepts AMA/PRA category 1 credit toward recertification requirements.

An application has been submitted to the NASW-New York State for continuing education credits.

Disclosure: Before the program, all faculty will disclose the existence of any financial interest and/or other relationship(s) (e.g. employee, consultant, speaker's bureau, grant recipient, research support, stock ownership or any other special relationship) they might have with a) the manufacturer(s) of any commercial product(s) to be discussed during their presentation and/or b) any commercial contributor to this activity. When unlabeled uses are discussed, these will also be indicated.