From Data to Stories: Humanizing Medicine in the Age of Technology

Stories make up an important part of our daily lives. When engaging in conversations, stories are often shared, to illustrate certain points, to get a message across or just to share our experiences. Stories represent a powerful communications tool. They can frame our proposition with narration of a real life situation, which will enable our audience to reflect and think about certain subjects.This paper discusses the use of stories in Medicine; in teaching and training, sharing experiences, enhancing cross-cultural healthcare communications, public health education and continuing medical education. Sharing of ideas and research on the use of stories can help to rigorously evaluate the impact of stories on educational and clinical outcomes.