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Our Mission:
As a group, the Living History Project aims to elevate patients' life histories and stories in the hospital setting by interviewing patients about their lives and composing written life narratives that are shared with both the patients and their medical teams. By sharing patients' life histories, we aim to humanize and personalize patients' experiences of care at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Additionally, we seek to assist our members in developing their skills as writers and patient advocates through a series of workshops, writing events, and discussions with guest speakers on narrative medicine with the ultimate goal of enabling our volunteers to best improve the patient experience.
Our Activities:
Volunteering at the Yale New Haven Hospital
Direct Service
The project’s purpose is to provide a team of undergraduates with the opportunity to improve the patient-centered experience at Yale-New Haven Hospital (YNHH). To this end, students are properly trained in patient-centered interviewing with the goal of composing patients’ non-medical histories into a narrative, which can be shared with the patient, the patient’s family, and the patient’s medical team. In this way, the project aims to bring the patient’s personal story to life so that the medical team can provide more holistic care; moreover, it provides the undergraduates an opportunity to experience patient-centered interactions.
Volunteering at the Yale New Haven Hospital
Direct Service
The project’s purpose is to provide a team of undergraduates with the opportunity to improve the patient-centered experience at Yale-New Haven Hospital (YNHH). To this end, students are properly trained in patient-centered interviewing with the goal of composing patients’ non-medical histories into a narrative, which can be shared with the patient, the patient’s family, and the patient’s medical team. In this way, the project aims to bring the patient’s personal story to life so that the medical team can provide more holistic care; moreover, it provides the undergraduates an opportunity to experience patient-centered interactions.
hospital shifts
Direct Service
patient narratives at YNNH
Student Leaders:
Chris Lee - Co-Coordinator/Co-President Stacey Lopez Valerio - Co-Coordinator/Co-PresidentAbout the Author
