Purpose and Objectives – The Examined Life Conference

encourage healthcare professionals, medical educators, patients and their family members to define methods for incorporating writing, humanities, and the arts into medical education, patient and self care, and/or professional development schemes.
identify the role that writing, humanities, and the arts can play in such activities.
identify avenues to pursue that can improve their creative or reflective writing; describe and utilize the mechanics of writing for publication.

Identify tools to enhance their understanding of medical education, patient and self care, and/or professional development needs.
Discuss the ethical, emotional, and psychological requirements of these needs.
Describe methods that can be used to increase the well-being and communication skills of medical learners, healthcare provider, patients and family members.
Examine publication practices.