graphicmedicine

New Podcast: Mita Mahato on David Small’s Stitches

Comic Nurse — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:33:01 +0000

New podcast - Mita Mahato of the University of Puget Sound speaks at Comics Forum in Leeds, November 2011.

Talk by Sarah Lightman

Comic Nurse — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:43:24 +0000

Graphic Narratives by Medical Students

Comic Nurse — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:41:19 +0000

Call for papers- reminder. Closing date 28th February

thomferrier — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:32:31 +0000

Remember that our CFP for Toronto 2012 closes in just over a week. We have had a strong response so far, with more abstracts coming in each day, so make sure you send us your proposal if you want to take part.

New Podcast: MK Czerwiec – AIDS, Oral History, & Comics

Comic Nurse — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:44:13 +0000

New Graphic Medicine podcast now available. MK Czerwiec speaks on her graphic novel in-progress, Taking Turns: A Medical Tragicomic which is based on her experiences as an AIDS nurse. She describes the motivation, process, and challenges of creating a graphic memoir on the subject of AIDS caregiving that incorporates oral and lived history.

Collaboration

Comic Nurse — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:05:44 +0000

Reviews

graphicmedicine — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:35:10 +0000

Care to review the Graphic Medicine podcast in iTunes? It would be greatly appreciated. Let us know what you think. Constructive feedback always welcome. Go to iTunes, search for “Graphic Medicine” and you will find the link for reviews. Thanks!

‘On and Off’: The Alaska Parkinson’s Rag

Ian Williams — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:48:18 +0000

Peter Dunlap-Shohl hosts a blog for people with an interest in Parkinson’s Disease. It started as an information clearinghouse for the Anchorage Parkinson’s Disease Support Group, where meeting schedules, agendas, speakers etc could be found, but it became a kind of therapeutic hobby. Then Peter started to make a comic, taking a look at PD. The 11 pages he has completed so far are viewable here.

Graphic medicine: comics as medical narrative

thomferrier — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:02:22 +0000

My article has been published online first In BMJ Medical Humanities

Med Humanities doi:10.1136/medhum-2011-010093

click on the image above to access the article, but you’ll need a subscription or an Athens Login. Or you could email me.

Ian

New Podcast: Using comics to explore the stigma of being a geriatrician

graphicmedicine — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:19:27 +0000

Dr Muna Al-Jawad works as a Consultant Geriatrician at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton. She started drawing comics about 2 years ago. She sees comics as a qualitative research method, a way to explore difficult areas of practice.

I hesitate to introduce myself as a geriatrician. It upsets me to admit this, but it’s true. Although I feel proud of my work and my choice of specialty, I’m slightly embarrassed about announcing it, maybe people won’t respect me as much as say, a cardiologist.

This is her talk from the Comics Forum Graphic Medicine Day in Leeds this past November, followed by an insightful Q&A with the audience, including co-panelists Linda Raphael and MK Czerwiec. Since Muna’s work is not yet published, and the images in the AAC feed will be quite small, I’ve included some of her strips she discusses below. You can also subscribe to the Graphic Medicine podcast to hear all the talks from the Leeds Comics Forum Graphic Medicine day.