Bringing Meaning Back to Medicine
Reconnect to purpose, reclaim your work
NarrativeDocs provides healthcare leaders with:
A proven, story-based approach to addressing clinician burnout.
A paradigm for leadership that maximizes your sense of agency in a difficult and lonely position.
A model for communication among clinical teams and leadership that leads to shared goals, enhanced patient and staff satisfaction, and improved clinical outcomes.
Willbroad Kyejo, MD 2024
Open Medical Institute Fellow, Tanzania
“The Narrative Medicine workshop was the highlight of the seminar for me. I found great resonance in Dr. Vaughn’s discussion, which focused on the value of understanding and empathy in patient care.”
OUR SERVICES
WORKSHOPS AND RETREATS
Based on the three pillars of close reading, reflective writing, and attentive listening, our workshops provide a meaningful and safe space for healthcare professionals to address issues that acutely impact their work in today’s volatile practice environment: burnout, navigating hierarchies, managing transitions, and reconnecting to purpose
TRAINING COURSES
Our courses take healthcare teams through a step-wise progression of story building from general principles to an individualized vocabulary for improved communication that lead to better alignment and enhanced patient care.
KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
John combines his expertise in organizational and individual behavioral dynamics with his experience as a primary care physician, educator, and healthcare administrator into keynote addresses that blend humor, inspiration, and empathy that deliver profound insights and practical take-aways.
COVID on Campus: Leadership lessons from managing a global pandemic at an elite university
Bringing Purpose Back to Practice
Leading from Fear
The Journal of Anecdotal Medicine: leading in a post-factual world
INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM COACHING
John offers a narrative-based approach to tackling the specific problems you and your team are facing. Our approach is as unique as the stories you use to define your experiencrewrite them together with the goals of enhancing purpose and agency.
Elena Mateska, MD 2025
Open Medical Institute Fellow, North Macedonia