The Med Moth storytelling event returns for a fourth session to UMass Medical School on Tuesday, Oct. 30, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the Albert Sherman Center multipurpose room. The event, inspired by a radio show and podcast hosted by the New York City nonprofit group The Moth, is a platform for the UMMS community to share prose or poetry about the clinician as a person.
Med Moth is being presented by School of Medicine Class of 2019 students Michelle Silver and Sarah Ohnigian as part of their capstone project.
“We hope to use the medical narrative as a way to bring the entire UMass Medical community together to learn from one another,” Silver said.
Ohnigian said the focus of the event is to provide a platform for reflection to enhance both perspective and empathy as students and faculty continue their journeys in medicine.
Reflections should be no longer than five minutes and do not have to be memorized. The Moth was founded in 1997 by poet and novelist George Dawes Green, based on the stories he would share with friends in his native Georgia on hot summer nights on his porch, as moths fluttered in the light.
For additional information about participating, contact michelle.silver@umassmed.edu or sarah.ohnigian@umassmed.edu.
