TY - JOUR T1 - Developing narrative competence in medical students JF - Medical Humanities JO - J Med Humanit SP - 54 LP - 54 DO - 10.1136/jmh.2008.001354 VL - 35 IS - 1 AU - L Younie Y1 - 2009/06/01 UR - http://mh.bmj.com/content/35/1/54.abstract N2 - In this educational case study I describe how one student used words and painting to produce a creative interpretation and representation of an encounter with a patient.This creative opportunity to develop narrative competence has been available to first year undergraduate medical students at Bristol University for three years. Student creative pieces are often a mixture of raw, powerful, poignant and medically naïve workings as students allow their imagination to help them step into the patient’s shoes.The student, Amy, visited Mrs Jones, a 50-year-old woman suffering with depression, in her home. Amy then produced a moving and vivid account of Mrs Jones, their meeting and how it affected her. She captured the illness narrative she had heard both through painting and a written reflection, presenting a story of severe depression and self-harming resulting from childhood abuse. Mrs … ER -