Allan Peterkin, University of Toronto

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Toronto profile.

Psychiatry (including psychotherapy)Health care access, privilege or marginalization History and philosophy of medicine Personalized medicine Gender, sexuality and education Sexually transmitted diseases and infections Medicine, nursing and health curriculum, pedagogy and didactics

Latest papers

Cocreating Meaning Through Expressive Writing and Reading for Cancer Caregivers.
Journal of palliative care · 2023 · senior author
The Companion Curriculum: medical students' perceptions of the integration of humanities within medical education.
Canadian medical education journal · 2023
Evaluation of a collaborative mental health program in residency training.
Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry · 2012

All 5 publications

5 publications.

01

Cocreating Meaning Through Expressive Writing and Reading for Cancer Caregivers.

Leung YW, Maslej MM, Ho C, Razavi S, Uy P, Hosseini MA, Avery J, Rodin G, Peterkin A

Journal of palliative care2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/0825859719871538 PMID: 31476955

02

The Companion Curriculum: medical students' perceptions of the integration of humanities within medical education.

Axelrod C, Brenna CT, Gershon A, Peterkin A, Nyhof-Young J

Canadian medical education journal2023

DOI: 10.36834/cmej.72907 PMID: 37304632

03

Evaluation of a collaborative mental health program in residency training.

Naimer M, Peterkin A, McGillivray M, Permaul JA

Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry2012

DOI: 10.1176/appi.ap.10040063 PMID: 22983476

04

Practical strategies for practising narrative-based medicine.

Peterkin A

Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien2012First author

PMID: 22267625

05

Dissecting dad.

Peterkin A

The Journal of medical humanities2011First author

DOI: 10.1007/s10912-010-9126-0 PMID: 21082335

Frequent collaborators

Gary Rodin

Epidemiology Division

1 shared papers, latest 2023

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Psychiatry (including psychotherapy) Dear Professor Peterkin, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Cocreating Meaning Through Expressive Writing and Reading for Cancer Caregivers." (2023), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]