Third Place, Feature Picture Story - Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch, “Narrative Medicine”Nicole Robinson, the narrative medicine coordinator in the Expressive Therapy Center at Akron Children’s Hospital walks through her colorful office. Narrative medicine is a discipline of healthcare that helps patients, families and professionals unearth and process their feelings. Robinson is one of only three full-time narrative medicine specialists in the country – and the only one at a children's hospital. Her busy daily routine keeps her on the move through the hospital meeting with colleagues and patients in addition to her home visits with outpatients.
Third Place, Feature Picture Story - Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch, “Narrative Medicine”Nicole Robinson keeps a color-coordinated chart of patient visits in her office as the narrative medicine coordinator in the Expressive Therapy Center at Akron Children’s Hospital.
Third Place, Feature Picture Story - Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch, “Narrative Medicine”A shrine to past patients sits above the desk of Nicole Robinson, the narrative medicine coordinator in the Expressive Therapy Center at Akron Children’s Hospital.
Third Place, Feature Picture Story - Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch, “Narrative Medicine”Nicole Robinson, the narrative medicine coordinator in the Expressive Therapy Center at Akron Children’s Hospital, works with 6-year-old Liam Whitworth to help write an ongoing story. Whitworth has a rare cancer called Rhabdomyosarcoma.
Third Place, Feature Picture Story - Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch, “Narrative Medicine”Nicole Robinson, the narrative medicine coordinator in the Expressive Therapy Center at Akron Children’s Hospital, works with 6-year-old Liam Whitworth to help write an ongoing story. Whitworth has a rare cancer called Rhabdomyosarcoma. Whitworth's story features hospital soldiers fighting the antagonist named King Rhabdo.
Third Place, Feature Picture Story - Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch, “Narrative Medicine”In between patient visits, Nicole Robinson decompresses with some sunlight on the roof of the Akron Children’s Hospital parking garage.
Third Place, Feature Picture Story - Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch, “Narrative Medicine”Wendy McNair listens in as Nicole Robinson, the narrative medicine coordinator in the Expressive Therapy Center at Akron Children’s Hospital, visits her daughter, 19-year-old Madelyne Williams, at their home in Kent. Williams, has cerebral palsy and chronic lung issues, writes stories about her numerous paintings with the help fo Robinson.
Third Place, Feature Picture Story - Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch, “Narrative Medicine”Nicole Robinson, the narrative medicine coordinator in the Expressive Therapy Center at Akron Children’s Hospital, visits 19-year-old Madelyne Williams at her home in Kent. Williams, has cerebral palsy and chronic lung issues, writes stories about her numerous paintings with the help fo Robinson.
