Healing the Self Through Self-Portraits--A Drawing Workshop.
By Amy Stein, MFA

During a step-by-step drawing lesson by a portrait artist, participants unconsciously draw their own faces, and explore their drawings through a meditation and visualization exercise.
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Reflective Writing in the Competency-Based Curriculum at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine.
By J Harry Isaacson, MD; Renee Salas; Carl Koch; Margaret McKenzie, MD

A report from a five-year medical school, with an emphasis on training physician investigators, places the reflective writing competency at the level of the medical knowledge and clinical skill competencies, because writing is one of the most powerful and concrete ways to learn the art of reflection: vital for personal and professional development.
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Constructing Stories of Past Lives: Cadaver as First Patient: “Clinical Summary of Dissection” Writing Assignment for Medical Students.
By Kristi J Ferguson, PhD; William Iverson, MD; Marc Pizzimenti, PhD

Students write one-page summaries hypothesizing about the cadaver’s lifestyle, possible diagnoses of chronic and acute diseases, probable age, and probable cause of death. Students are encouraged to reflect on what the experience means to each of them.
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