To promote the development of narrative competence in healthcare, the Narrative Medicine Case Competition (NMCC) will host students from UBC from different faculties to tackle a patient/community health crisis case. Students will be placed into teams to work collaboratively to design an encompassing treatment or tool for treatment for their patient/client. The design process will prompt teams to factor in accessibility and inter-professional communication. Participants will have to address challenges in equipping healthcare providers with attainable and effective means to treat their patients. The goal of NMCC is to provide an opportunity for students to navigate the multidimensional challenges in healthcare delivery, with the guidance and experiences of mentors in academic, clinical and patient-end experiences. 

Humanities in Healthcare's Narrative Medicine Case Competition will have students in groups of 3-4 tackle these issues and present their plan to address the patient's medical conditions, and the patient's goals, as well as comment on systemic barriers that could be addressed to assist in this patient's treatment. The case will be a hypothetical patient story that we will use to start a conversation on patient-centered care among prospective healthcare professionals.