ASH Clinical News December 2015 | Page 79

TRAINING and EDUCATION The value of storytelling – particularly in the research setting – will never change. What goes into writing a proposal? First, it’s the facts and the research work, but you have to take those facts and weave them into an interesting, exciting, thoughtful story. Tell a story that people will understand, and be transparent in what you are “selling” and teaching. And don’t forget that the story must be true! oncologist) in the pediatric hematology-oncology fellowship program. One day, this trainee was running late because he forgot his ID badge and was blocked from parking in the hospital parking lot. According to the hospital president’s rules, without your ID badge, you had to fill out a pile of paperwork to enter the parking lot. So, my fellow – wanting to get to work to see his sic