The Narrative Gym for Medicine: Introducing the ABT Framework for Medical Communication with Peers, Professionals, and the Public

Communication is central to medicine, yet the COVID-19 pandemic revealed major shortcomings in the communication skills of medical professionals.  As the world continues to drown in excess amounts of information (communicated ever more rapidly by social media), the ability to maintain focus becomes increasingly difficult.

Enter the ABT.

For more than a decade we have been developing the ABT Framework as both a model for narrative structure and a tool for strengthening what we have termed “narrative intuition.”  In this, the 6th version of the Narrative Gym series (following the introductory version, then business, law, politics, and science) we offer up two things:  1) the model, 2) its applications.

Perhaps the most powerful part of the book is chapter 7 where ABT founder Randy Olson teams up with Navid Ghaffari, MD to explain specifically how to apply the ABT within the medical profession.  The book is brief, to the point, and most importantly, practical.