Prevention of burnout and promoting resilience and well-being has become a focus in Graduate Medical Education. Likewise, much attention has been given to the effect that one’s state of mind, health and self-care practice has on physician wellness, fatigue and burnout. Narrative Medicine (NM) has been shown to promote physician wellness, emotional well-being and self-care. NM increases mindfulness within clinical practice by allowing individuals to pause, breathe, and reflect. NM has been shown to reduce physician burnout by increasing empathic engagement, decreasing jadedness, providing insight into patient perspective, and improving one’s sense of purpose. A study on NM workshops with OBGYN residents showed an association with decreased levels of burnout. However, a study on how a NM curriculum impacts pediatric resident well-being has not been done. This qualitative study explores how NM may achieve more empathic and effective patient-physician relationships, and decrease burnout and depersonalization. Two NM professionals facilitate 3 groups of 6-8 mixed year pediatric residents (19 total) in a series of 1 hour workshops over 4 four consecutive weeks. The workshops incorporate discussion of art, literature, spirituality, and shared reflective writing. Workshops are designed to empower residents by making self-care and mindfulness practices more accessible, and encourage emotional well-being and listening. The themes explored include: narrative humility, delivering bad news, death and illness, and self-care. Workshops begin by asking residents, “What may be preventing you from being present for the hour?” along with brief meditation and breathing exercises. These moments enable participants to acknowledge barriers preventing them from being attentive, and allow reflection. Resident perspectives are elicited through discussions and post-workshop surveys to discover which, if any, elements of the curriculum support them emotionally. Examples of discussion topics include: How overwhelmed do you feel as a resident; how much value do you place on time throughout the day; how much time do you take for yourself, and how do you find solitude and well-being in these moments; do you feel supported; how do you deal with stress; what is the purpose of the workshop for you as a resident; how will these methods help to be present to patients, families, and residents themselves? Preliminary analysis of curriculum feedback reveals that NM workshops help with coping with stress, give time to relax and self reflect, and increase positive physician/patient engagement. Ongoing data collection will contribute to further analysis as workshops progress. Given the high stress, anxiety-provoking environment that is a fact of residency, a comprehensive wellness curriculum is known to strengthen resident well-being. Incorporating a NM component into a wellness curriculum could teach residents to listen and reflect, improve humane and effective communication, promote more meaningful patient interactions, and foster resilience among pediatric residents.