"Between Compression and Breath": Reflections on Identity by Winners of the Visual Art and Creative Writing Contest for Medical Students and Residents, Creating Space 16
Tracks
Track 1
| Tuesday, April 21, 2026 |
| 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM |
| 50 Sussex, Alex Trebeck Theatre (Lower Level) |
Overview
Ms. Lynn Bloom, Mr. Keith Wong
Speaker
Ms. Lynn Bloom
University Of Ottawa
"Between Compression and Breath": Reflections on Identity by Winners of the Visual Art and Creative Writing Contest for Medical Students and Residents, Creating Space 16
Biography
Lynn F. Bloom, BA(Hons Psych) MSW RSW is a registered social worker/psychotherapist, currently in private practice, with training in narrative medicine and fine art. Lynn has taught interviewing skills and narrative medicine to medical students and residents, and has worked as project advisor to undergraduate medical students and faculty at The University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine in the development of the Humanities and Narrative Medicine Programs, Art Shows, Art Wall, Art Books and literary magazine, Murmurs.
COI Disclosure: I do not have an affiliation (financial or otherwise) with any for-profit or not-for-profit organizations
COI Disclosure: I do not have an affiliation (financial or otherwise) with any for-profit or not-for-profit organizations
Mr. Keith Wong
University Of Ottawa
"Between Compression and Breath": Reflections on Identity by Winners of the Visual Art and Creative Writing Contest for Medical Students and Residents, Creating Space 16
Biography
Keith Wong is a 4th-year medical student at the University of Ottawa. He was born and raised in Windsor, Ontario, and he has a BSc in General Science from the University of Windsor. He will start his family medicine residency in Belleville, Ontario, in July 2026.
COI Disclosure: I do not have an affiliation (financial or otherwise) with any for-profit or not-for-profit organizations
COI Disclosure: I do not have an affiliation (financial or otherwise) with any for-profit or not-for-profit organizations
