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Participation in a Physician Creative Writing Community: 15-Year Program Survey Outcomes at an Academic Medical Center

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Acknowledgements

We would like to dedicate this paper to Pegasus founder, Dr. Hans Steiner, for his remarkable work in bringing together an interdisciplinary group of physician writers and collaborators, and stimulating rich dialogue and passion around creative writing (Hans Steiner, MD, 1951–2022).

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  1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Palo Alto, CA, USA

    Jennifer Pien MD

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

    Tayyeba K. Ali MD

  3. Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Sutter Health, Sunnyvale, CA, USA

    Tayyeba K. Ali MD

  4. Narrative Medicine Program, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA

    Sofia Schlozman BA

  5. Stanford Center for Asian Health Research and Education, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

    Armaan Jamal BA & Malathi Srinivasan MD

  6. Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Armaan Jamal BA

  7. Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Matthew D. Bucknor MD

  8. Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

    Malathi Srinivasan MD

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The authors’ contributions were as follows: JP, TKA, and MS formulated the data plan and methods; JP, TKA, AJ, and MS conducted the data analysis; JP, TKA, SS, AJ, MB, and MS wrote the manuscript; all authors revised for the manuscript; JP, TKA, and MS have primary responsibility for final content; and all authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Pien, J., Ali, T., Schlozman, S. et al. Participation in a Physician Creative Writing Community: 15-Year Program Survey Outcomes at an Academic Medical Center. J GEN INTERN MED 39, 815–817 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-023-08595-5

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