-Greetings

I've emailed Paul to see whether he might be able to get hold of a copy for
us.... and also suggested that he join the discussion group!

While it's nice to be ahead of the times, it is also good, as Steph says, not to
be considered a loony lefty anymore when we talk about stories :-)

It's also interesting how the post-modern stuff comes out (so that's what that
was!!)

There is a lesson to us all to direct people to specific stories - and we might
also looking at changing the order of stories on the junior doctors' page, so
that, if people are only looking at one story, it will be a good one...

As for persuading people that a digital story is more powerful than a long,
boring interview, well, it may be a matter of whatever floats your boat... and
judicious use of appropriate stories.

I also wonder how long it took to edit those video interviews - if it's just an
unedited video, it will be both cheap and boring. If someone edited it, but they
are a member of NHS staff, then their time will go un-noticed, but still has to
be paid for somehow!

Anyway, we know that both the CMO and CNO like them and the NAO have asked to do
a third collection for them - this time on end-of-life, so we have some converts
in high places!

It's good, at last, that people are taking on board the importance of the
evidence of experience, and not simply the evidence provided by RCTs.

all good wishes

Pip



-- In patientvoices@yahoogroups.com, "drjotait" <jotait1@...> wrote:
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> I'm going to see if I can get a copy via my NHS links. It sounds very useful.
> In a recent exchange with one of my senior colleagues - someone I would have
expected to be on 'our side'- I probably made too many assumptions about her
willingness to be overtly keen on 'story' as a way of making change. She looked
at one of the Junior Doctor stories - not one of the best, unfortunately - and
came to the conclusion that digital stories are a bit like home-made hospital
soaps. (It did make me think about the music we choose, though ... the use of
piano to signify drama may be a bit of a cliche). She then went into some
postmodern stuff about digital and binary, and suggested that what they already
have on their website - long and boring audio files of the converted talking
about their experiences - are much cheaper and just as powerful. Not true, but
how do you argue without alienating?!
> As is often the case, her less senior colleagues are very open to the
potential of digital stories and do have some budget-power, so I shall persist.
The Medical Directors are particularly likely to be persuaded by something from
Innovation and Improvement, so I shall also go 'higher' in the hierarchy with
the potential for story.
> Thanks Steph. If anyone gets hold of an electronic copy that they can share
....
> Jo
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