(1) Read pages 1-33 of The Narrative Playbook Download The Narrative Playbook. (2) Do the “Who am I” worksheet on page 114. (3) Upload your answers in a Word file (.doc, docx., pdf). Please be sure to review the syllabus regarding formatting expectations for document submissions. (4) Complete the assignment for the Video Self-introductions to carry out the Discussion assignment for the Narrative Playbook of this week's module. For the sake of getting to know each other a little bit, choose at least two answers you wrote for the "Who am I" worksheet and share them on the Discussion page in video format.  (For the sake of clarity, #4 is mentioned here, but the actual assignment is located under the Discussion assignments for this module.)

IMPORTANT PLAYBOOK INFORMATION:

The Narrative Playbook Download The Narrative Playbook is an interactive book that you can explore from different perspectives. I’d recommend opening it and playing around with it a bit (just click on the title in blue to link to it) to get a feel for how it works. It’s fairly straightforward, once you get the hang of it.

For our purposes with this playbook, if you are a nurse/nursing student/clinician/health sciences major, you will be viewing the book in the role of “provider”; otherwise, I will leave it up to you to decide whether you read the Playbook as “patient” or a “caregiver” and how the book best fits your interests. Feel free, of course, to read the other columns and sections, as well! 🙂

Starting in week two, playbook assignments for providers will be highlighted in yellow, assignments for patients will be highlighted in green, and assignments for caregivers will be highlighted in aqua.There will be (1) a brief reading assignment and (2) related writing prompts. You will submit what you write by uploading Word documents via Canvas.

Additionally important note for Narrative Playbook Assignments:

Please review our Respectful Communication Commitment:

For this and all writing, interviewing, or sharing projects in this course, please only contribute material that is appropriate and comfortable to share in a class setting--in regard to your own disclosures, appropriate expectations of the reader, and protection of anyone discussed in the narrative.  Please follow all applicable HIPAA regulationsLinks to an external site. involving the protection of identities anyone you discuss. Do not discuss identifying patient characteristics or experiences. Do not share your own confidential personal or health information as part of this course work in communication to the students or faculty.  

Beyond HIPAA regulations, please make sure you reflect on the ethics of sharing and our Week 1 assignment " Download "For Clinicians Who Write Essays About Patients: Conceptual Review of Consent and Ethical Considerations" Download For Clinicians Who Write Essays About Patients: Conceptual Review of Consent and Ethical Considerations" (by Ashlan S. Willett, MS1, Aaron Levy, MPhil, PhD, and Rita Charon, MD, PhD).