This book analyses how narrative fictions can be used by faculty and staff in the teaching of
professionals in higher education. As professional life becomes ever more demanding this book
draws together the work of researchers and practitioners who have explored the tremendous
impact that narrative fictions - novels short stories drama and poetry - can have on
development. The editors and contributors posit that fiction can help professionals imagine new
ways of being reinvent their roles and tackle problems without a road map. Using fiction can
also provide a safe place for the exploration of ethics and decision making as well as
furnishing tools for the development of empathy and engagement by offering vicarious
experiences of drastically different lives and situations. A medium that by its very nature
contains a multiplicity of interpretations using fiction in professional education can enhance
the education of professionals working in a range of disciplines including health education
social care law and science.
