Episode #143 Transforming Health Care with Narrative Medicine and Clinical Yarning - A Conversation with Dr. Mariam Tokhi, University of Melbourne, GP, Utopia Refugee and Asylum Seeker Health

We welcome Dr. Mariam Tokhi, a pioneering general practitioner from Melbourne, who has introduced the first course of its kind in Australia on narrative medicine. Storytelling has long been a powerful tool for communication, education, and relationship-building. In the context of healthcare, upskilling clinical skills through storytelling, also known as narrative medicine, and the practice of "clinical yarning" as used by Aboriginal communities, provide unique and transformative approaches to...