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21st International Balint Congress
21st International Balint Congress - Porto, Portugal Message from the APGB President Dear Colleagues. The Portuguese Balint Association and the International Balint Federation warmly invites you for the 21st International Balint Congress, taking place in Porto, from 11th to 15th September 2019. “Seeing medicine through other eyes” is our theme. Nowadays, medical […]
Find out more »Oxford Balint Weekend – 2019
Oxford Balint Weekend - 2019 Emotion in Practice Oxford Conference Corpus Christi College, Oxford 20-22 September 2019 Refresh your enthusiasm Revive your empathy Share your experience of the consultation Come to understand your feelings and how to work more effectively __________________________________________________________________ Balint Groups, Demonstration Group Group Leaders Workshop Groups are made up of GPs […]
Find out more »October 2019 Long Beach Island Intensive
American Balint Society - October 2019 Balint Leadership Training Intensive Course Overview The four-day Intensive course is designed to teach Balint group leadership technique primarily through experiential groups, supplemented by topic-focused small discussion groups and faculty panel discussions. Attendees will have ample time to present cases, practice leading a Balint group, and engage informally with […]
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Balint in a Nutshell
Balint History
Psychosomatic Medicine
The Student, the Patient and the Illness
Ascona Balint Award Essays 2017
The essays for the Ascona Balint Award give a deep impression of the students’ experiences, reflections and conclusions. And they show an insight into medical education in different countries.
“I learnt the importance of practicing patient-centred medicine – of avoiding the tendency to reduce people to numbers and trends, and treating them as people with individual experiences of illness.“
Elizabeth Hamilton
“One of my insights about that time was that my weakness of identification with the patient’s experience that made my experiences as intense as they were, was probably one of my strongest characteristics as a ‘nearly physician’.“
Nuphar Vinegrad
“I’m proud to be a part of this profession and I’m proud to have been a part of George’s care. He taught me that as a future physician I may be able to cure some people but as person I can care for all of them.“
Michael Watson
With contributions by Katrina Bell, Yohay Bloom, Kirsten Carlaw, Gaylan Dascanio, Ashabilan Ebrahim, Andrea Gipperich, Elizabeth Hamilton, George Huntington, Jessica Ly, Eleesheva Mayo, Michal Rotem-Green, Rebecca M. Shulman, Dominik Stosik, Georges Tinawi, Nuphar Vinegrad, Michael Watson, Kirsty Whitmore, Sarah Woolgar and Cecilia Xu
Balint Literature
Access literature on Balint groups. This is hosted on Mendeley.com.
View books that have been translated into English through the support of the IBF.
