A lecture by the author of “Storytelling in Medicine: How Narrative Can Improve Practice”

Why Do We Forget the Most Important Diagnostic Tool?

Dr Colin Robertson, Professor of Accident and Emergency Medicine and Surgery, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Presented by the Department of Communications & External Relations and the Medical Library

Date:                     Monday, 10 April 2017
Time:                    12pm – 1.30pm
                             (Registration starts at 11.30am. Refreshments available)
Venue:                  Seminar Room 5-1, Level 5
                              Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
                              Clinical Sciences Building
                              11 Mandalay Road, Singapore 308232

Lecture Synopsis

You are invited to a talk by Dr Colin Robertson, Professor of Accident and Emergency Medicine and Surgery at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Having worked in the specialty for over 35 years, Dr Robertson’s main research interests include cardiopulmonary and trauma resuscitation, pre-hospital care and medical training.
 
Stories help each of us make sense of happenings in our daily lives, and function as a medium in enriching our experiences. In his talk, Dr Robertson will focus on the use of narrative as an invaluable communication tool in both educational and clinical settings, and offer insight into the importance of the patient's “voice”.
 
Dr Robertson is a renowned editor of over 20 medical books widely used in clinical practice including Macleod’s Clinical Examination published by Elsevier, the Cambridge Textbook of Accident and Emergency Medicine, and the Oxford Handbook of Emergency Medicine. His latest book Storytelling in Medicine: How Narrative Can Improve Practice was recently published. Dr Robertson has also written over 200 journals.