{"id":9,"date":"2021-01-26T23:25:58","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T23:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medicalrhetoric.com\/symposium2021\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2021-08-26T16:47:05","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T16:47:05","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medicalrhetoric.com\/symposium2021\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #333333\">The 2021 RHM symposium marks our <\/span><a style=\"font-weight: 400\" href=\"http:\/\/medicalrhetoric.com\/symposium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fifth gathering<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #333333\">. But one aspect that deserves being repeated here is why we decided to land on a symposium and how we invoke the true spirit of what a symposium is.<\/span><\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>\u00a0Why Symposium?<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #333333\"><br \/>\nWhen Lisa Melon\u00e7on and Blake Scott first had this idea, they repeatedly heard the suggestion to not have a traditional conference. While there is nothing wrong with the traditional conference, they understood that people really wanted to have the opportunity to talk with each other and discuss pressing issues around the rhetoric of health and medicine.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #333333\"><br \/>\nLisa and Blake started thinking about other terms beyond conference and landed on symposium because of the obvious reason; it means to get together to talk about a particular topic. But it also means\u2013dating back to ancient Greece\u2013a drinking party or convivial discussion. The RHM Symposium has always tried to find the spot right in the middle where we can talk about a particular topic and have fun while we do it!<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #333333\"><br \/>\nThe Symposium also opens up space for us to discuss ways we could take risks and develop new ideas within the RHM community. Nothing spurs innovation like getting together a whole lot of like-minded folks, and the current climate around health and healthcare requires innovative thinking and research.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #333333\"><br \/>\nTo that end, the format of the symposium will be focused on discussions and talking with one another.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2021 RHM symposium marks our fifth gathering. But one aspect that deserves being repeated here is why we decided to land on a symposium and how we invoke the true spirit of what a symposium is. \u00a0Why Symposium? When &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalrhetoric.com\/symposium2021\/about\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalrhetoric.com\/symposium2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalrhetoric.com\/symposium2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalrhetoric.com\/symposium2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalrhetoric.com\/symposium2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalrhetoric.com\/symposium2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/medicalrhetoric.com\/symposium2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":381,"href":"https:\/\/medicalrhetoric.com\/symposium2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalrhetoric.com\/symposium2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}