Trainee Hub with CHES: Renira Narrandes

DATE: Wednesday, February 18
TIME: 12:00 – 1:30pm (ET)
METHOD: In Person Event (Spots are limited)
REGISTRATION: https://forms.office.com/r/i1EkAvzCah 

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We are pleased to announce that this in-person workshop is a collaboration between the Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children and Child Health Evaluative Sciences (CHES) at the Hospital for Sick Children!

SPEAKER:

Renira Narrandes, MA, MSc(OT), MPH, is a storyteller, spoken word artist and knowledge translation (KT) professional who has performed on TV, in podcasts and at academic conferences and events. She has a background in journalism (MA), occupational therapy (M.Sc. OT) and public health (MPH) and has trained hundreds of clinicians, researchers, people with lived experience, and others on how to tell stories, all over the world. Renira is the Knowledge Translation Program Manager with the Learning Institute at SickKids and has years of KT experience, having worked with a variety of organizations in Ontario and beyond. 

TITLE: Personal Stories — How to tell them and what to consider in the patient engagement space

DESCRIPTION:

Storytelling is a powerful knowledge-sharing tool that helps people with lived experience connect with their audience and make an impact, whether their goal is to inform research, improve understanding, or promote change in service design and policy. For clinicians, researchers, and knowledge translation practitioners working with patient advisory groups or engagement initiatives, it's important to be intentional about how storytelling is invited, supported, and used. Creating space for storytelling and supporting advisors with tools to share their stories safely can help foster shared learning and elicit powerful impact stories; however, there are challenges to consider. In this abbreviated workshop, we will review the basics of storytelling, explore the benefits and risks of sharing personal stories, and discuss how to support patient partners in ways that respect their comfort and lived experience. There will be 15 minutes reserved for questions. 

OBJECTIVES:

Participants will: 

1. Learn the fundamentals of good storytelling 

2. Watch a live story performance and analyze it as a group 

3. Discuss the risks and benefits of sharing a personal story 

© Renira Narrandes. This workshop was developed by Renira Narrandes and has been licensed to The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids).