IHI Forum Attendees
Schedule your Listener Poet session below
Sessions are available both in-person and via Zoom (or phone) through separate schedulers below. Please make sure to choose your preferred appointment type when scheduling.
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Choose a time on the calendar below for your 20 minute one-on-one Listener Poet session.
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When confirming, you do not need to enter an access code. Just click “complete appointment.”
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If you chose a virtual option, we’ll send you a calendar invite with a unique Zoom link for your session. If you chose in-person, we’ll email you the location closer to the conference!
VIRTUAL SESSION SCHEDULER:
IN-PERSON (on-site at the IHI forum) SESSION SCHEDULER:
In Summary
You’ll talk with a Listener Poet for 20 minutes about anything you’d like, then receive a personalized poem based on the conversation. The poem will also be shared (anonymously) in a custom anthology created for the Rise to Health Coalition.
What to Expect in Your Listening Session
There’s no need to prepare, but you’re welcome to consider what you might like your poem to be about in advance of your session. The Rise to Health Coalition wants to hear your unique story. Keeping this in mind, your poem could focus on something you care about, an experience you’ve had, or something that’s been on your mind or heart lately.
Your Listener Poet will write your poem, based on the conversation, and email it to you within two weeks of your session. The poem will be anonymized and is yours to keep. The anonymized poem will also be shared in a custom anthology created for the Rise to Health Coalition.
A Listener Poet talks with a clinician at Johns Hopkins Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., January 2020
“From my standpoint as a physician, it really turned the tables to have someone really listen to me. It’s usually my job to listen to my patients.
I walked out feeling a small amount of joy I hadn’t felt before in my heart.”