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Rita Charon believes that letting patients tell their own stories is the best way to fix a broken system.

Columbia’s narrative medicine program seeks to transform healthcare one story at a time, and many alumni are taking the skills they learned and spreading the practice around the world.

Narrative medicine is an interdisciplinary field that emphasizes the importance of narrative competence in health care. It is the ability to acknowledge, absorb, and appreciate the stories of others.

Columbia Narrative Medicine Lecturer and co-director of Columbia's Narrative Medicine International, Catherine Rogers, was awarded her third Fulbright grant.