Using Digital Stories in Clinician Training
Podcast, Story Slam, Research Kristy Wolfe Podcast, Story Slam, Research Kristy Wolfe

Using Digital Stories in Clinician Training

Digital storytelling in healthcare is more than a creative add-on. It is a practical, evidence-informed way to bring patient and family voice into clinician education, medical conferences, and training programs. A digital story is a short film built with a trained facilitator, combining voiceover narration with personal photos and simple video editing to capture a meaningful moment. When you embed one strong story into a learning space, it can do what journal articles often cannot: create emotional clarity, deepen empathy, and prompt better questions. That protected pause for reflection helps clinicians notice their assumptions and enter future conversations with more humility and sensitivity, especially in pediatrics and complex care.

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Digital Stories Belong in Curriculum & Communities

Digital Stories Belong in Curriculum & Communities

Digital storytelling is having a quiet breakthrough in health and wellness, and this conversation shows what it looks like when the work finally meets the moment. Dr. Mike Lang shares how he went from having to justify why stories matter in healthcare to embedding digital stories directly into a University of Calgary nursing curriculum. In nursing education, narrative learning is not fluff, it is clinical preparation. First-person storytelling helps students grasp identity, ethics, and the human stakes behind care decisions. When digital storytelling is treated as a core learning tool, it strengthens empathy, reflection, communication, and patient-centred practice in ways a lecture rarely can.

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Story Slam 2026: Where Stories Build Connection
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Story Slam 2026: Where Stories Build Connection

Digital storytelling sits at the crossroads of care, community, and change. In this conversation, we explore how short, voice-led films made with a facilitator help people name hard truths, honour family, and translate experience into practical wisdom. Mike Lang shares recent workshops with young caregivers of parents who had ALS, head and neck cancer patients in Alberta, and young adults living with brain tumours. Each project centres lived experience, turning private struggles into public resources that reduce isolation and spark action. Listeners hear why facilitators value both the stories and the culture that forms when organizations return year after year to create and share them.

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Stories for Good: Our Inaugural Story Slam
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Stories for Good: Our Inaugural Story Slam

The power of storytelling has long been recognized as a method of sharing experiences, fostering connection, and inciting change. In the digital age, this ancient art form has taken on new dimensions, with digital storytelling rising as a unique medium. Join us at our upcoming Common Language Story Slam, set to take place on March 2, 2025 in Calgary. This in persona and online event serves as a platform to showcase this innovative approach to storytelling through the lens of charity and interpersonal connection.

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Kickstart Impact: Common Language Story Slam
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Kickstart Impact: Common Language Story Slam

Storytelling has always been a powerful tool for connection, but in today's digital age, its potential has expanded exponentially. In this episode of Co-Created, Mike Lang joins host Kristy Wolfe to take us on a journey to explore the multifaceted world of digital storytelling. The episode delves into the intricacies of organizing a story slam event, emphasizing the pivotal role of community support and innovative funding models like Kickstarter. 

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