Bedside to Desktop: Patient Narratives as an Affective Learning Tool for Rheumatology Fischbach, Shane creator Brown University. Alpert Medical School Swartz, Solomon creator Brown University. Alpert Medical School Monteiro, Kristina creator Brown University. Alpert Medical School Dumenco, Luba creator Brown University. Alpert Medical School Dollase, Richard creator Brown University. Alpert Medical School Dalal, Deepan creator Brown University. Alpert Medical School text posters 2016 eng Medical Education Burnout and compassion fatigue are established consequences of the rigors of medical training [1, 2]. Anecdotal evidence suggests that these inauspicious habits of mind begin to take hold in Year 1 of medical school, when large volumes of medical knowledge must be assimilated without an emotional or experiential context. Here, we produced 12 ten-minute long videos highlighting the real-life experiences of Rhode Island patients with various genetic and rheumatologic diseases. These interview-style films are designed to be integrated into the Year 1 Genetics and Rheumatology courses, with the dual goal of further humanizing course material and improving student attitudes toward their preclinical learning. Affective education Medical education This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License