Podcasts about graphic medicine

Das Forschungsfeld Graphic Medicine nimmt gezeichnete Geschichten ernst. Denn Comics zu Krankheiten erzählen oft ehrlicher als Patientenakten. Graphic Medicine bringt Medizin, Kunst und persönliche Erfahrung zusammen – und hilft Patienten. Alegiani, Assunta www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Zeitfragen. Feature

Today, I'm sharing a new-to-me genre that might be a new-to-you genre, too. I stumbled upon it in a moment of food poisoning and now, I at least have something good that came out of that experience. =)In this episode, I'm exploring the genre of graphic medicine: what it is, why it's important, how it can help us heal, titles worth exploring and more. Come listen and add a new genre to your TBR with me!You'll find the show notes for the episode with links to all of the books and resources mentioned right here: https://www.alitlife.com/2025/02/25/exploring-the-power-of-graphic-medicine/https://www.alitlife.com/2025/02/25/exploring-the-power-of-graphic-medicine/Love this podcast and want more? Consider this your invitation to join my Get Lit(erate) Substack community! Each month, we take a deep dive into one bookish theme and work to bring it to life in our own lives. You'll get bonus episodes, book calendars, live book club and notebook sessions, special events and much more. Learn more at www.getliterate.co. Get your own Get Lit(erate). notebook to take notes on the books you want to read and notebook ideas you want to try: https://amzn.to/44wELKNIf you'd like to support the podcast, consider purchasing some Get Lit(erate). merchandise from my Zazzle store: https://www.zazzle.com/store/alitlifeAll earnings are funneled right back into the podcast expenses and maintenance fees. Thanks for your support!Follow Stephanie:Website: http://www.alitlife.com/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AffinitoLitTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/AffinitoLitInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/AffinitoLit

In the second of our Graphic Medicine Conference podcasts, Dr. Christopher Dwyer interviews Catherine Gouge and KC Councilor about their work in communication and graphic medicine, as well as their conference workshop on ReDo Comics. See the Graphic Medicine website for a Drawing Together that shares how to make these comics! Our podcast host, Christopher Dwyer, is a psychology researcher, who specializes in the fields of cognition and education, with international expertise in the field of Critical Thinking. He is the author of the book Critical Thinking: Historical Perspectives & Practical Guidelines, published by Cambridge University Press; authors an ongoing... Read More

Episode 937 Jason Interviews Barbra Dillon and Jordan Hart-Ripple Effects HardcoverBack it https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fanbasepress/jordan-harts-ripple-effects-the-deluxe-edition?ref=74v43vJordan Hart's critically acclaimed Graphic Medicine series, Ripple Effects, follows the adventures of a superhero whose invincibility is offset by an acute case of type 1 diabetes that must be monitored and treated daily. Nominated for the biggest awards in comics, the gripping and inspirational story about living with an invisible illness is inspired by Hart's own lived experience with thrombophilia, an incurable blood-clotting disease. On the eve of its 15th anniversary, GLAAD Award-winning publisher and media outlet Fanbase Press is launching its first-ever Kickstarter campaign to fund an expanded deluxe hardcover edition of the book, featuring all-new contributions from some of the biggest names in comics, including a foreword by Eisner and Harvey Awards-winning writer Gail Simone (Birds of Prey, Batgirl, Uncanny X-Men).  Like & Subscribe on Youtube www.youtube.com/@comicsforfunandprofit5331Patreon https://www.patreon.com/comicsfunprofit  Merch https://comicsfunprofit.threadless.comYour Support Keeps Our Show Going On Our Way to a Thousand EpisodesDonate Here https://bit.ly/36s7YeLAll the C4FaP links you could ever need  https://beacons.ai/comicsfunprofit Listen To the Episode Here: https://comcsforfunandprofit.podomatic.com/ 

Have you ever heard of graphic medicine? Have you wondered what is the difference between a comic and a cartoon? And how is this related to your work in the clinic? In this episode of the CFP podcast, Drs Nick Pimlott and Sarah Fraser interview author Susan MacLeod about all things graphic medicine. We dive into Susan's professional experiences in government health communications and her transition into becoming an internationally acclaimed author. She then defines graphic medicine, gives us an overview of why it's important, and how it relates to compassion and burnout in the health care system. Finally, Susan walks Nick and Sarah through a brief graphic medicine exercise-do try this at home! https://www.graphicmedicine.org/book-series/graphic-medicine-manifesto/ https://conundrumpress.com/product/dying-for-attention/

We return! Laura talks to Matthew Noe, Lead Collection & Knowledge Management Librarian Harvard Medical School and Graphic Medicine expert ahead of the Graphic Medicine conference 2024 about his library journey and bringing together comics and library collections. Links: Graphic Medicine conference website - Register Now! https://porpoise-kale-lnln.squarespace.com/ More on Matthew https://library.harvard.edu/staff/matthew-noe More on Graphic Medicine https://www.graphicmedicine.org/

In this episode of the Graphic Medicine podcast, MK interviews Cara Bean to celebrate the launch of Here I Am, I Am Me: An Illustrated Guide to Mental Health. They discuss the book’s origin story, how to not get overwhelmed when working on a complex topic in comic form, and the work Cara hopes her book will do in the world. Cara Bean is the author of Here I Am, I Am Me: An Illustrated Guide to Mental Health and Draw 500 Funny Faces and Features. For links and a video version of this interview, go to the graphic medicine homepage.... Read More

MK Czerwiec, a nurse, cartoonist, educator, and co-founder of the field of Graphic Medicine, discusses her work and the utility of graphic medicine.

"Medical improv teaches you to do unscripted, collaborative storytelling to the best of your capacity." On the series premiere of Doctor+, hosts Tseganesh and David speak with Dr. Ankit Mehta about medical improv, narrative medicine, and graphic medicine. About the guest: Ankit Mehta is a hospitalist with HealthPartners and an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota (UMN). He is certified in CHEST/Society of Hospital Medicine POCUS (Point of Care Ultrasound). He has a keen interest in the intersection of arts, humanities, and medicine. He co-created a one-day communication and empathy course, “CRAVE” (Communication, Resilience, Authenticity, Vulnerability, and Empathy) at HealthPartners for practicing clinicians. He also directs a “medical improv” course, an adaptation of improvisation principles in healthcare context to improve communication, empathy, teamwork and resiliency. He currently chairs the research committee for the National Medical Improv Collaborative (MIC) group. He is a member of the Editorial Review Board for the Journal of Patient Experience. He has been a part of the planning committee as creative arts/narrative medicine chair for the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (ICCH) in 2021 and 2023. He has served on the Medical Executive Committee at Regions Hospital (St. Paul, MN) and the Patient Experience Council. Dr. Mehta is passionate about graphic medicine as a powerful tool in medical education to teach self-reflection and empathy with easy accessibility and poignancy. His graphic works have been published in various journals (including JAMA and Annals of Internal Medicine), book illustrations/cover designs and magazines. His graphic story (in collaboration with Twin Cities PBS and UMN Medical School) was part of an Emmy® winning documentary “Speaking About Race”. He is also actively engaged in global health initiatives, and has worked with International Organization for Migration (IOM) to support trainings of panel physicians. For more examples of Dr. Mehta's work, click here. Support for Doctor+ has been provided by the American College of Physicians. Doctor+ is hosted by Dr. David Hilden and Dr. Tseganesh Selameab and is produced by Julie Censullo. For more information, visit doctorpluspodcast.com.

In this episode of “Lab Medicine Rounds,” Justin Kreuter, M.D., speaks with Laura Tafe, M.D., associate professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and president of the Association of Molecular Pathology, to discuss practicing art and medicine.Timestamps:0:00 Intro01:30 What is your artist origin story?03:40 What does that relationship of your art practice and medical practice look like?07:18 How do you navigate the challenge of not having enough time?08:52 What advice do you have for healthcare professionals, new residents, who have interests in addition to medicine?12:37 What are your thoughts? Where does your art practice go in the coming months and years? 15:40 What is your interest in Graphic Medicine? (question from Dr. Tafe to Dr. Kreuter)20:04 Outro

In this episode, I talk to Sophie Evans. Sophie is an internal medicine trainee and budding haematologist in the southwest of England and has a real interest in the importance of stories in medicine. We met after she took part in the BSH Crucible Prize where she presented her ideas along with beautiful hand-drawn images on her slides. We discuss narrative-based medicine as well as graphic medicine. This is a really intriguing discussion that will change how you think about how you consult and I hope can change your practice for the better. You can find Sophie's art on Instagram: www.instagram.com/sophietevans/. She mentions this book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Narrative-Based-Medicine-Trisha-Greenhalgh/dp/0727912232, Ian Williams, who coined the phrase "Graphic Medicine" (https://myriadeditions.com/creator/ian-williams/) and I mentioned a really interesting study on Evolution and the Art of Storytelling: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-02036-8 I hope you enjoy the show.

In this episode, Martin talks to Ian Williams – a GP and cartoonist who established the field of Graphic Medicine. Following the success of his graphic novels The Bad Doctor and The Lady Doctor, he is working on his third, The Sick Doctor. He also wrote a weekly comic strip Sick Notes in The Guardian in the mid 2010s. They talk about the Medical Humanities movement, mental health, the work involved in drawing cartoons and animation, and writing a graphic novel about general practice, OCD, cycling and heavy metal.Episode transcript available at bma.org.uk/inspiringdoctorsYou can find Ian at Instagram.com/thebaddr, his graphic novels at ian-williams.co.uk, and find out more about graphic medicine at www.graphicmedicine.org/The interviewees on this podcast are just a selection of those who communicate medicine in fantastic ways. To join the conversation on social media and tell us about doctors whose communication skills inspired you, tag @TheBMA on Twitter and Instagram, and use #InspiringDoctors. For more information visit: bma.org.uk/inspiringdoctors Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Suzy Becker is a local author, illustrator and cartoonist for The New Yorker, and she stumbled upon a new genre: graphic medicine

Dr. Brian Callender is interested in clinical education, global health education, clinical ethics, the patient experience, and the use of graphic narrative in medicine. Dr. Matthew Sorrentino will lead a discussion with Dr. Callender on the role of graphic medicine and its impact on the doctor-patient relationship.

We learn how comics are being used in medical education and healthcare. We tell you about a plan to address climate change and environmental justice in Milwaukee. We meet the founder and director of the Latino Arts Strings Program. Plus, tell you how to infuse Native American culture into your next trip in Wisconsin.

A longtime advocate for comics as a medium for serious storytelling, Sam Hester is a contributor to comics journalism, comics in academia and the graphic medicine movement. She writes and draws comics about life in her hometown of Calgary, in the Treaty 7 region of Alberta, Canada. Particularly special about this episode is Sam sharing about her experience as a caregiver for her mother. Sam uses her artistry with images and words to communicate effectively with healthcare providers so that her mom's preferences and health conditions are at the forefront of her quality of care. She also gives guidance on how you can incorporate this practice with your loved ones and their healthcare journey, no artistic skill required! Connect with Sam Hester: -Visit the23rdstory.com -Follow on Twitter @calgaryhester

A longtime advocate for comics as a medium for serious storytelling, Sam Hester is a contributor to comics journalism, comics in academia and the graphic medicine movement. She writes and draws comics about life in her hometown of Calgary, in the Treaty 7 region of Alberta, Canada. Particularly special about this episode is Sam sharing about her experience as a caregiver for her mother. Sam uses her artistry with images and words to communicate effectively with healthcare providers so that her mom's preferences and health conditions are at the forefront of her quality of care. She also gives guidance on how you can incorporate this practice with your loved ones and their healthcare journey, no artistic skill required! Connect with Sam Hester: -Visit the23rdstory.com -Follow on Twitter @calgaryhester

A longtime advocate for comics as a medium for serious storytelling, Sam Hester is a contributor to comics journalism, comics in academia and the graphic medicine movement. She writes and draws comics about life in her hometown of Calgary, in the Treaty 7 region of Alberta, Canada.Particularly special about this episode is Sam sharing about her experience as a caregiver for her mother. Sam uses her artistry with images and words to communicate effectively with healthcare providers so that her mom's preferences and health conditions are at the forefront of her quality of care. Connect with Sam Hester: -Visit the23rdstory.com -Follow on Twitter @calgaryhester --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/artsforthehealthofit/support

The Intersection of Art and Medicine with @PhysicianDoodles In this episode, hear from Dr. Rahel Gizaw , better known as @PhysicianDoodles on Instagram.  We chat about her pathway to becoming a physician and her experiences at Morehouse School of Medicine. Dr. Gizaw talks about her passion for providing care to the underserved and how Morehouse and Grady helped her on her mission.  Of course we had to discuss her amazing art work! She shares her inspiration and how EVERYONE can be an artist....well almost everyone.  If you are interested in Emergency Medicine, Healthcare Disparities, or Graphic Medicine, this is the episode for you!  You asked and we delivered: The Black Doctors Podcast Swag is now available? Click HERE to order. **Interested in starting a podcast? Check out Riverside for your remote recording needs: RIVERSIDE.FM Are you a medical student or resident that wants to ace your boards or in-training exams? Check out TrueLearn . Use the discount code "BDPODCAST" to rece ive $25 off. If you enjoyed this episode, please share with a friend and leave a comment and rating on iTunes. TBDP is a volunteer passion project with the goal of inspiring all who listen. In-house music and audio production, so any ideas for improvements or suggestions for future guests are welcome. Visit www.StevenBradleyMD.com to learn more about our host. He is available for consultations or speaking engagements regarding health equity and medical ethics. Leave a voice memo that we can include in a future episode: Pass The Mic

Ian and Dieter talk with Dr Ian Williams and Dr Muna Al-Jawad about graphic medicine and explore the intersection between the medium of comics and the discourse of healthcare. Dr Ian Williams is a comics artist, writer and doctor who lives in Brighton. His graphic novel, The Bad Doctor, was published in 2014 and followed up in 2019 by The Lady Doctor. Both were critically acclaimed and he is working on his third, for the same publishers, provisionally entitled The Sick Doctor, which will be published in 2022. Dr Muna Al-Jawad is a consultant geriatrician and senior lecturer in medical education in Brighton. In 2010 she started drawing comics as part of a masters in clinical education, and her superhero alter-ego “Old Person Whisperer” was born. She uses comics in her practice as a medical teacher and in her research. She does and supervises comics-based research into various areas of practitioner and student experience. Click here to find out more about Graphic Medicine. Click here to see some of Muna's work.

There is a growing movement within healthcare, called graphic medicine, the use of comics to tell personal stories of illness and health. It draws attention to a patient's needs and goals with pictures to foster better and more accessible caretaking.

Comics. Cartoons. Graphic Novels. Graphic Medicine.  I'm not sure what to title this podcast but I've been looking forward to it for some time.  Heck, I'm not even sure to call it a podcast, as I think to get the most out of it you should watch it on YouTube. Why, because today we have Nathan Gray joining us.  Nathan is a Palliative Care doctor and an assistant professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins. He uses comics and other artwork to share his experiences in palliative care and educate others about topics like empathy and communication skills.  His work has been published in places like the L.A. Times, The BMJ, and Annals of Internal Medicine.   We go through a lot of his work, including some of the comics you can see on our blog post. However if you want to take a deeper dive, check out his website “The Ink Vessel” or his amazing twitter feed which has a lot of his work in it.  

Welcome to episode 85 [originally broadcast on Thursday 24 March 2022] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​​​​​​. This week Nicky Lambert and David Munday spoke with guests Dr Emma Berry, Dr Rebecca Hill & Jim Lavery about graphic medicine. EB - Emma Berry is a Lecturer in Health Psychology at the School of Psychology, Queen's University Belfast. Part of Emma's role involves teaching on the topic of Health and Clinical Health Psychology and supervising research students. Emma also engages in a range of research projects focusing on the psychological, social, and environmental factors that influence adjustment to chronic health conditions such as Diabetes. Emma is keen to explore new and more creative ways to facilitate emotional support in individuals living with chronic health conditions, to develop resources that are ultimately more accessible and acceptable to both service users and facilitators. Current research projects include exploring the influence of social media on mental health among young people living with Type 1 diabetes and developing emotional support for families affected by diabetes. Additional research interests include Health Behaviour Change and Emma is involved in research that applies models of behaviour change to public health issues such as COVID-19, and environmental concerns such as plastic waste and recycling. Emma has a particular interest in the use of comics and illustrations as a health or ecological communication and information tool and has lead projects that have involved the co-design of comics. RH - Rebecca Hill is a trainee clinical psychologist completing the doctorate in clinical psychology at Queen's University Belfast. As part of her studies, she is completing research exploring the subjective experience of reading a psychoeducational comic - ‘Mind Lock'. Rebecca is passionate about enhancing mental health awareness and is a big fan of graphic novels, so is enjoying the opportunity to complete research combining two of her interests! JL - Comic artist and illustrator Some Twitter links to follow are: NL - https://twitter.com/niadla​​​​​​​​​​​​​ DM - https://twitter.com/davidamunday EB - http://twitter.com/EmmaBerry90 JL - https://twitter.com/JimLavery1 Credits: Presenter: Nicky Lambert & David Munday Guests: Dr Emma Berry, Dr Rebecca Hill & Jim Lavery Theme music: Tony Gillam Production & Editing: David Munday

MK Czerwiec is a nurse and graphic artist (hence her handle, Comic Nurse) who edited 2020's Menopause: A Comic Treatment. The book went on to be named on the New York Times' year-end list of the best graphic novels and won two Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, including one for best anthology. MK talks all about Graphic Medicine, an emerging field that uses comics to enhance medical education and patient care and help people process trauma and painful experiences. MK is also going through menopause, and she's very interested in finding ways to deal with hot flashes and some of the other symptoms we experience. And stay tuned, because near the end of the podcast she offers one of the best tips I've heard for creatively making a plan that we can turn to in our hardest, darkest times.

As COVID-19 continues to affect communities across the globe, we turn to the stories and depictions – narrative and graphic – behind COVID with the hope of gaining a better understanding of its impact and how we may move forward ethically. Prof. Bryan Pilkington speaks with a multi-disciplinary panel of experts about narrative and graphic medicine in the time of COVID.Panelists:Cindy Smalletz, MS, OTR/L, Program Director, Division of Narrative Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical CenterMatthew Noe, MLIS, Lead Collection & Knowledge Management Librarian, Countway Library, Harvard Medical SchoolAllison Zuckerberg, Medical Student, Hackensack Meridian School of MedicineRecorded on November 17, 2021.

This week Tayla is joined by MK Czerwiec (The Comic Nurse) and librarian Matthew Noe to talk all things Graphic Medicine. They tell us all about the many uses of the genre as well as some of their favorite titles. They also discuss other podcasts, Hawkeye, and Sci-fi novellas. During the Last Chapter they discuss: what's a genre you wish you read more of? Like what you hear? Rate and review Down Time on Apple Podcasts or your podcast player of choice! If you'd like to submit a topic for The Last Chapter you can send your topic suggestions to downtime@cranstonlibrary.org. Our theme music is Day Trips by Ketsa and our ad music is Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes. Thanks for listening! Books All Systems Red (Murderbot #1) by Martha Wells Laziness Does Not Exist by Devon Price A Winter's Promise (Mirror Visitor #1) by Christelle Dabos The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki What Fresh Hell is This by Heather Corinna My Degeneration by Peter Dunlap-Shohl Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast Pain is Really Strange by Steve Haines Crude by Pablo Fajardo, Sophie Tardy-Joubert, Damien Roudeau, and Hannah Chute Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe Menopause: A Comic Treatment edited by MK Czerwiec AV Succession (2018- ) Young Justice (2010- ) Hawkeye (2021) Maximum Film (podcast) Tig and Cheryl: True Story (podcast) Maintenance Phase (podcast) Other Graphic Medicine (website) American Library Association Office of Intellectual Freedom Comic Nurse (website) Drawing Together Archive @NoeTheMatt on Twitter Graphic Medicine Book Club Kits

Infertility Comics and Graphic Medicine (Routledge, 2021) examines women's graphic memoirs on infertility, foregrounding the complex interrelationship between women's life writing, infertility studies, and graphic medicine. Through a scholarly examination of the artists' use of visual-verbal codes of the comics medium in narrating their physical ordeals and affective challenges occasioned by infertility, the book seeks to foreground the intricacies of gender identity, embodiment, subjectivity, and illness experience. Providing long-overdue scholarly attention on the perspectives of autobiographical and comics studies, the authors examine the gendered nature of the infertility experience and the notion of motherhood as an ideological force which interpolates socio-cultural discourses, accentuating the potential of graphic medicine as a creative space for the infertile women to voice their hitherto silenced perspectives on childlessness with force and urgency. This interdisciplinary volume will be of interest to scholars and students in comics studies, the health humanities, literature, and women's and gender studies, and will also be suitable for readers in visual studies and narrative medicine. Victoria Oana Lupașcu is an Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Asian Studies at University of Montréal. Her areas of interest include medical humanities, visual art, 20th and 21st Chinese, Brazilian and Romanian literature and Global South studies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies

Infertility Comics and Graphic Medicine (Routledge, 2021) examines women's graphic memoirs on infertility, foregrounding the complex interrelationship between women's life writing, infertility studies, and graphic medicine. Through a scholarly examination of the artists' use of visual-verbal codes of the comics medium in narrating their physical ordeals and affective challenges occasioned by infertility, the book seeks to foreground the intricacies of gender identity, embodiment, subjectivity, and illness experience. Providing long-overdue scholarly attention on the perspectives of autobiographical and comics studies, the authors examine the gendered nature of the infertility experience and the notion of motherhood as an ideological force which interpolates socio-cultural discourses, accentuating the potential of graphic medicine as a creative space for the infertile women to voice their hitherto silenced perspectives on childlessness with force and urgency. This interdisciplinary volume will be of interest to scholars and students in comics studies, the health humanities, literature, and women's and gender studies, and will also be suitable for readers in visual studies and narrative medicine. Victoria Oana Lupașcu is an Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Asian Studies at University of Montréal. Her areas of interest include medical humanities, visual art, 20th and 21st Chinese, Brazilian and Romanian literature and Global South studies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/medicine

Infertility Comics and Graphic Medicine (Routledge, 2021) examines women's graphic memoirs on infertility, foregrounding the complex interrelationship between women's life writing, infertility studies, and graphic medicine. Through a scholarly examination of the artists' use of visual-verbal codes of the comics medium in narrating their physical ordeals and affective challenges occasioned by infertility, the book seeks to foreground the intricacies of gender identity, embodiment, subjectivity, and illness experience. Providing long-overdue scholarly attention on the perspectives of autobiographical and comics studies, the authors examine the gendered nature of the infertility experience and the notion of motherhood as an ideological force which interpolates socio-cultural discourses, accentuating the potential of graphic medicine as a creative space for the infertile women to voice their hitherto silenced perspectives on childlessness with force and urgency. This interdisciplinary volume will be of interest to scholars and students in comics studies, the health humanities, literature, and women's and gender studies, and will also be suitable for readers in visual studies and narrative medicine. Victoria Oana Lupașcu is an Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Asian Studies at University of Montréal. Her areas of interest include medical humanities, visual art, 20th and 21st Chinese, Brazilian and Romanian literature and Global South studies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

Infertility Comics and Graphic Medicine (Routledge, 2021) examines women's graphic memoirs on infertility, foregrounding the complex interrelationship between women's life writing, infertility studies, and graphic medicine. Through a scholarly examination of the artists' use of visual-verbal codes of the comics medium in narrating their physical ordeals and affective challenges occasioned by infertility, the book seeks to foreground the intricacies of gender identity, embodiment, subjectivity, and illness experience. Providing long-overdue scholarly attention on the perspectives of autobiographical and comics studies, the authors examine the gendered nature of the infertility experience and the notion of motherhood as an ideological force which interpolates socio-cultural discourses, accentuating the potential of graphic medicine as a creative space for the infertile women to voice their hitherto silenced perspectives on childlessness with force and urgency. This interdisciplinary volume will be of interest to scholars and students in comics studies, the health humanities, literature, and women's and gender studies, and will also be suitable for readers in visual studies and narrative medicine. Victoria Oana Lupașcu is an Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Asian Studies at University of Montréal. Her areas of interest include medical humanities, visual art, 20th and 21st Chinese, Brazilian and Romanian literature and Global South studies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

On this week's SciFiles, your hosts Chelsie and Daniel interview Justin Wigard. As a 2021-2022 Scholarship of Undergraduate Teaching and Learning (SUTL) Fellow, Ph.D. Candidate Justin Wigard, along with Assistant Professor Megan K. Halpern in the Lyman-Briggs College, is exploring the intersection of art and science studies in the classroom via drawing comics. More specifically, Wigard -- a Ph.D. Candidate in the English Department -- is teaching a course that centers on analyzing comics as discourse about medical humanities and on creating comics as exercises in the critical making: the elision of critical-thinking and material-making. Prior work on introducing the arts into social science and humanities courses about science has two benefits. The first is that these forms of creative expression provide new ways of knowing about a topic. The second is that creative activities are often seen as unique and positive experiences, providing benefits for both mental health and intellectual growth. Ultimately, this ongoing project studies the specific value of courses that have students create comics to understand the role of science and medicine in society. Or, put another way -- how do we think by drawing comics, and how does creating graphic narratives visualize how we think about healthcare?Relevant link: https://grad.msu.edu/sutl/projects If you're interested in talking about your MSU research on the radio or nominating a student, please email Chelsie and Danny at scifiles@impact89fm.org. Check The Sci-Files out on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube! 

Manga are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Not only do manga reveal and reinforce cultural values, beliefs, and norms, particularly in Japan, but they can also be used as a teaching tool and source of information. Manga and other comics can be used in medicine to learn and teach about illness and to build empathy. They also have the power to shape public understanding of mental health issues, even nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI).In this episode, Dr. Yukari Seko explains how self-injury and the characters who engage in the behavior are portrayed in Japanese manga. She also discusses the importance of manga within Japanese culture. Below is a reference (with a link) to her research paper along with a breakdown of common genres of manga and, based on her study, just how many characters within each genre engage in self-injury and self-harm:GENRES OF MANGA (& the number of characters depicted who self-injure, based on Dr. Seko's study):1.  shōjo: comics for girls 18 and younger (written for girls, by girls) - depicted 10 characters who self-injure2.  shōnen: comics for boys  18 and younger (written for boys, by boys, about boys) - depicted 0 characters3.  seinen: comics for young males age 18-30 - depicted 6 characters, portrayed as menhera (a derivation of "mental health-er," a person with mental instability or "mentally vulnerable damsels in distress")4.  josei: comics for young females 18-30 - depicted 1 character5.  Boy's Love: a subgenre of josei manga featuring erotic relationships between male characters - depicted 1 character6.  seijen:  comics for grownups - depicted 0 characters7.  redicomi: "Lady's Comic" for adult women - depicted 0 characters8. slice-of-life: genre that features realistic depictions of everyday life.Seko, Y., & Kikuchi, M. (2021). Self-injury in Japanese manga: A content analysis. Journal of Medical Humanities, 42(3), 355-369. Seko, Y., & Kikuchi, M. (2022). Mentally ill and cute as hell: Menhera girls and portrayals of self-injury in Japanese popular culture. Frontiers in Communication, 7.To learn more about Dr. Seko and her work at Ryerson University, visit https://www.ryerson.ca/procom/people/yukari-seko/. To learn more about graphic medicine and novels referenced in this episode, see Williams, I. C. M. (2012). Graphic medicine: comics as medical narrative. Medical Humanities, 38(1), 21-27. Follow Dr. Westers on Instagram and Twitter (@DocWesters). To join ISSS, visit itriples.org and follow ISSS on Facebook and Twitter (@ITripleS).The Psychology of Self-Injury podcast has been rated #5 by Feedspot in their "Top 15 Clinical Psychology Podcasts You Must Follow in 2021" and by Welp Magazine in their "20 Best Injury Podcasts of 2021."

This week we're joined by Matthew Noe to talk about graphic medicine!    https://twitter.com/NoetheMatt   Graphic Medicine Manifesto Introduction - this is probably the most important of these for background https://www.graphicmedicine.org/ - probably worth just clicking around, seeing what the org is up to Essential Graphic Medicine: An Annotated Bibliography - ALA funded project. The project description briefly touches on one of my big things: the risk of canonization  Mapping the Use of Comics in Health Education: A Scoping Review of the Graphic Medicine Literature    Pawpaganda https://twitter.com/ALALibrary/status/1426302296334520320?s=20 Free Comic Book Day https://abc7ny.com/10957902/?ex_cid=TA_WABC_TW&taid=611c41f0ced6e00001763b50&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+New+Content+(Feed)&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter  Aaron David Lewis: https://www.graphicmedicine.org/resources/liaison-program/comics-studies/

Join Sally Gore and Matthew Noe in their conversation about graphic medicine, the Graphic Medicine website, and the scoping review of graphic medicine in medical education project.  Resources mentioned: Graphic Medicine website Mapping the Use of Comics in Health Education: A Scoping Review of the Graphic Medicine Literature  

MK Czerwiec is a nurse, cartoonist, and educator. She is the creator of Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371, a co-author of Graphic Medicine Manifesto  and editor of Menopause: A Comic Treatment . MK is also the comics editor for the journal Literature & Medicine.  Follow MK on Twitter @ComicNurse MK co-manages the website, podcast, annual conferences, and online community of GraphicMedicine.org.  Michael Natter is an artist, humanist, and doctor. He utilizes his passion for art and storytelling in his medical life in didactic, humorous, and cathartic ways. He is a graduate of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, completed his Internal Medicine Residency at NYU/Bellevue and is a current Endocrinology fellow at NYU/Bellevue. His work has been featured in media outlets such as The Philadelphia Inquirer, Annals of Internal Medicine, Buzzfeed, and others.  Follow Mike on Twitter @mike_natter

CHISME DE LA SEMANA: Chisme about "What If?" and Black Widow. ON MY RADAR: BARBARIC by Vault Comics and l. Everyone Is Tulip.graphic novel. HORA DE LA CERVECITA: The PastryArchy Candy Cane by DuClaw Brewing BOOK REVIEW: Teoatl by Kevin Garcia and Emmanuel Valtierra illustrator EN LA LIBRERIA: Dining with the Dead - A Day of the Dead Cookbook A cookbook by Mariana Nuño-Ruiz and Ian McEnroe that celebrates the Día de Muertos holiday and traditional Mexican cuisine. http://kck.st/3gAsBsV JUNTOS Y FUERTES: Period Podcast Network is a feminist podcast co-op. We are founded by shes and theys, and we are determined to change the landscape of the podcast world. https://www.patreon.com/periodpodcastnetwork?fbclid=IwAR2jbgkNShVVeD-iDDvJwQIK-rNiPZ7Ws10464o8We4-PifN2CqcD_21vPU SALUDOS: FANBASE PRESS TO LAUNCH 2021 ‘CELEBRATING FANDOMS WEEK' WITH DAVE GIBBONS, GRAPHIC MEDICINE, NEW PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENTS, & MORE www.fanbasepress.com

Graphic Medicine refers to the use of graphic novels, comics, and visual storytelling in medical education, patient care, and other applications related to healthcare and the life sciences.   Dr. Shirlene Obuobi is a third year internal medicine resident, rising Cardiology fellow, and creator of the graphic medicine platform, "ShirlyWhirldMD." ShirlyWhirlMD has functioned as a vehicle of self expression during a time of professional growth, as well as a place to critique and discuss elements of medical culture and current events within healthcare.  Follow her on twitter. Website https://shirlywhirlmd.com Dr Ian Williams is a comics artist, writer and doctor who lives in Brighton, UK. His graphic novel, The Bad Doctor, was published in 2014 and followed up in 2019 by The Lady Doctor. He is working on his third, for the same publishers, provisionally entitled The Sick Doctor, which will be published in 2022. He studied Fine Art after medical school and then became involved in the Medical Humanities movement. He named the area of study called Graphic Medicine, building the eponymous website in 2007, which he currently co-edits. He is Founder of the not-for-profit Graphic Medicine International Cooperative and co-author of the Eisner-nominated Graphic Medicine Manifesto. Between May 2015 and January 2017 he drew a weekly comic strip, Sick Notes, for The Guardian. He recently made an animation with Matilda Tristram for The Care Under Pressure project from Exeter University. He has spoken at numerous medical humanities, comic art and literary events.Ian is represented by Kirsty McLachlan of Morgan Green Creatives Follow Ian on twitter Website https://myriadeditions.com/creator/ian-williams/

Kevin Wolf has been the Graphic Medicine Reviews Editor since 2019. He is a health actuary and has been writing reviews for the graphic medicine website since 2012. Kevin talks with me. Alice Jaggers, about what he does for the website and a few standout reviews and books he has covered. For relevant links for this episode, see the post on graphicmedicine.org  Download episode.

Chapter Nine of Fullmetal Alchemist isn't action-packed, but it gives us a lot to chew on regarding injuries and healing -- physically, mentally, emotionally. So it's a great time to bring in our first guest: Alice Jaggers, an expert in the field of "graphic medicine" -- a term covering not only sequential art about health topics, but the making of comics to aid healing. Alice joins Tim and Patrick to talk about all the ways in which this chapter of Fullmetal Alchemist -- and, in fact, the whole series -- touches on numerous graphic-medicine-related issues.See Alice's extensive list of comics titles with "graphic medicine" elements

Kendra Boileau is the Publisher of Graphic Mundi and the Assistant Director and Editor-in-Chief of Penn State University Press. She developed the Graphic Medicine line of graphic novels for PSU Press and is launching the Graphic Mundi imprint with this week’s release of COVID Chronicles. We’ll talk about all of that in our conversation.  Download episode.

There have been plenty of comics made about the current COVID-19 pandemic, both instructional and autobiographical ones. In this episode Tim talks about about some of these with graphic medicine expert Alice Jaggers, a contributor to graphicmedicine.org, as well as other comics on health issues… one of which is none other than Fullmetal Alchemist! The … Continue reading #683 COVID comics and graphic medicine

In this month’s episode, MK talks with a panel of guests about the best Graphic Medicine of 2020. The conversation begins with Shelley Wall and Michael Green discussing their article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) about the best graphic medicine of 2020, COVID-19 comics. Then graphic medicine librarians Alice Jaggers and Matthew Noe add their thoughts and further recommendations to the conversation. Finally, the group shares some of their favorite reading from 2020, graphic medicine and beyond. Visit the original website post for links to all books and projects mentioned in the episode. Listen to episode.

Can laughter and research go hand in hand? Are creativity and imagination central to helping the public understand research? Dominic Walliman, author of Professor Astro Cat, Sophie Scott, neuroscientist and stand up comic, and Sathyaraj Venkatesan, a contributor to Graphic Medicine, are here to say yes.  Presented by Mary-Ann Ochota and Professor Danielle George. Produced by Listen Entertainment. 

Dr. Erin Partridge speaks with Lindsay and Janet about what she has learned from her clients about artmaking, and how her personal art process informs her work as an art therapist.  She also speaks to the power of technology to enhance the art therapy process by making art more accessible to different populations and make it possible for clients to "step into" the art through tools like virtual reality and exciting apps that she is introducing into her work.  Dr. Partridge has a PhD in art therapy and is a board certified, registered art therapist.  She has a range of clinical experience, including in community, pediatric, forensic, and geriatric settings.  She has an art therapy studio as well, where she offers workshops and classes in the company of her pet parrots.Follow Dr. Erin Partridge on Instagram: @2littlewings and @createartatworkReferences:HP SproutMorfo appInfinite CanvasLearn more about Dr. Partridge's dissertation in her blog post on the Elder Care Alliance website.She mentions her upcoming book about "job crafting" - here is a glimpse into her work with job crafting in this piece that she wrote for Medium.Learn more about Graphic Medicine here - and you can check out some reviews that Dr. Partridge has written for the site.

In this episode, Susan Squier and MK Czerwiec chat about Graphic Medicine in 2019 and what  they look forward to 2020.  Links below to what we discuss and much more we didn’t have time to mention but want to highlight. Be sure to check out the main post for this episode on the Graphic Medicine website – there are full links to all we discuss PLUS much more bonus content. Support for this podcast comes from Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Humanities, the nation’s oldest Humanities Department within a medical school, pioneers of innovations in medical education since... Read More

Bassam talks with Dr. Mike Natter, a physician-artist, about his work in the emerging field of graphic medicine, how art informs his work as a doctor, and how having type 1 diabetes informs his art. In addition, Dr. Natter talks about the importance of creativity in medicine and gives ideas on how we can all find the artist within.Complete episode show notes can be found here: https://www.doctorhustle.com/episode10/Doctor Hustle Twitter: @doctor_hustleDoctor Hustle Instagram: @doctor.hustle

Welcome to the first of two keynote addresses from the 2019 Graphic Medicine conference, the theme of which was, “Queerying Graphic Medicine: Paradigms, Power, and Practice.” Meg-John Barker’s keynote address fits perfectly with this framing of our conference and our work in Graphic Medicine. Meg-John is the author of a number of popular books on sex, gender, and relationships, including Queer: A Graphic History, How to Understand your Gender, Life isn’t Binary, Enjoy Sex (How, When, and IF You Want To), Rewriting the Rules, The Psychology of Sex, and The Secrets of Enduring Love. They have also written a number... Read More

This week, we had the privilege to interview Jenny Blenk, an assistant editor at Dark Horse Comics, about one of her areas of expertise, graphic medicine and disability representation in comics. 

Ep 115 - "The Walking Med" is a volume of essays examining what zombie comics and media say about modern attitudes toward death, aging, medicine and healthcare. Co-editor Lorenzo Servitje joins host Justin Chandler to discuss the book and some of the essays within it. RFK airs first on CJRU 1280 AM in Toronto. This episode was produced by Justin Chandler.

We go all graphic medicine in this episode as we have Ian Williams on the show. Ian created the Graphic Medicine website and following on from that has created two graphic novels The Bad Doctor and the upcoming The Lady Doctor. Ian came on to the show for a chat abut his career as a doctor and how this led to the creation of the website and his books. We also give a full review of The Lady Doctor in the show as well. We review Needleman by Martin 'Simo' Simpson, Plan A/ Plan B by John Tucker and 24 Panels by numerous artists. Please also check out the website for 24 Panels as its an important book created to help raise funds to support the survivors of the Grenfell fire disaster.Pete has a chat with the creator of Needleman, Martin 'Simo' Simpson about comics, Kickstarter and his comic creation process and Mike talks all about The Boys comic series by Garth Ennis & Darick Robertson which is due to come out as a TV series in 2019. Support the latest Little Heroes Comic Kickstarter here where you can get hold of the collected edition of Gallant & Amos.Check out That Comic Smell podcast & The Awesome Comic podcast for more comic chat.Thank you for listening.http://www.comicartpodcast.ukTwitter: @comicartfestpodFacebook: Comic Art PodcastInstagram: ComicArtPodcastAlso on YouTubeFind all about the festival at http://www.comicartfestival.comLogo designed by Pete Taylor at http://www.thismanthispete.comContributions by Mike Williams (@CthulhuPunk) and Pete Taylor (@thismanthispete).Title Music: Don’t Fool Yourself by Pop Noir

We go all graphic medicine in this episode as we have Ian Williams on the show. Ian created the Graphic Medicine website and following on from that has created two graphic novels The Bad Doctor and the upcoming The Lady Doctor. Ian came on to the show for a chat abut his career as a doctor and how this led to the creation of the website and his books. We also give a full review of The Lady Doctor in the show as well. We review Needleman by Martin 'Simo' Simpson, Plan A/ Plan B by John Tucker and 24 Panels by numerous artists. Please also check out the website for 24 Panels as its an important book created to help raise funds to support the survivors of the Grenfell fire disaster.Pete has a chat with the creator of Needleman, Martin 'Simo' Simpson about comics, Kickstarter and his comic creation process and Mike talks all about The Boys comic series by Garth Ennis & Darick Robertson which is due to come out as a TV series in 2019. Support the latest Little Heroes Comic Kickstarter here where you can get hold of the collected edition of Gallant & Amos.Check out That Comic Smell podcast & The Awesome Comic podcast for more comic chat.Thank you for listening.http://www.comicartpodcast.ukTwitter: @comicartfestpodFacebook: Comic Art PodcastInstagram: ComicArtPodcastAlso on YouTubeFind all about the festival at http://www.comicartfestival.comLogo designed by Pete Taylor at http://www.thismanthispete.comContributions by Mike Williams (@CthulhuPunk) and Pete Taylor (@thismanthispete).Title Music: Don’t Fool Yourself by Pop Noir

This month’s episode features Susan Squier’s full keynote from this year’s Graphic Medicine conference at the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vermont. Her talk is titled “Graphic Medicine: The Scales of Comics Work.” You will hear Susan introduced by Juliet McMullin. The images Susan cites directly in her talk can be found on the Graphic Medicine webpage that features this episode. Stay tuned to the end of Susan’s talk for a special announcement! Download episode.

Recorded live at Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC) in 2018, Kriota Willberg returns to the podcast to talk about the origins of her new book, Draw Stronger: Self-Care For Cartoonists & Visual Artists (Uncivilized Books). We get into her work in the Graphic Medicine field, learning to see beneath the skin, the graphic novel she's working on about Galen and the process of stitching people up, her best practices for festivals and conventions, the myth of the wandering uterus, and why cartoonists need to think (and train) like athletes! Plus: My New Year's Resolutions! • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Editor's Summary by Howard Bauchner, MD, Editor in Chief of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the December 21, 2018 issue

In this last GM podcast episode of 2018, Matthew Noe and MK Czerwiec discuss the Graphic Medicine year in review and they look forward to 2019. Listen to the episode to hear our picks for notable books of 2018, highlights of 2018, and what we are looking forward to in 2019. Support for this podcast comes from Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Humanities, the nation’s oldest Humanities Department within a medical school, pioneers of innovations in medical education since 1967. Download episode. 

Talking about death can be difficult. But Lois Perelson-Gross believes people are eager to find a way in and begin to feel comfortable talking about the inevitable, so she helped launch Reimagine End of Life, a not-for-profit whose mission is to publicly explore death and celebrate life through creativity and conversation. Reimagine recently held its first ever festival in New York City, where some big questions about life and death were explored in over 300 unique events. On the show, Lois tells us how she went from being a Vice President at Goldman Sachs to launching her second career as a palliative care chaplain focused on humanism in medicine. She talks about how Reimagine evolved and about the Graphic Medicine-related events at the NYC festival, which included exhibits and panel discussions with cartoonists Emily Flake, Ben Schwartz, Roz Chast and others who address mortality in their often funny and poignant comics. Lois tells us about her own project, “Never the Right Time,” which debuted at the festival and combines the work of New Yorker magazine cartoonists with factual information about end of life care and end of life wishes. She also offers tools you can use to get past the stigma of talking about death and dying, and start having meaningful conversations. Explore Reimagine End of Life: www.letsreimagine.org Also mentioned in the show: Death Over Dinner: https://deathoverdinner.org Go Wish (card game): http://www.gowish.org Hello (card game): https://commonpractice.com/products/hello-game “Being Mortal” by Atul Guwande: http://atulgawande.com/book/being-mortal/

Dana Walrath refers to her work as a border-crossing blend of creative writing, anthropology and art. The daughter of refugees from the Armenian genocide, she has used stories and art to teach medical humanities at the University of Vermont's College of Medicine since moving to the state in 2000. On the show Dana talks about her graphic memoir, “Aliceheimer's: Through the Looking Glass,” which combines drawings and stories to chronicle three years of caregiving for her mother, Alice, when she was in the middle stages of Alzheimer's disease. Dana tells us about her frustrating encounters with the medical system, how her mother expressed herself creatively despite having Alzheimer's and how living with her mother gave Dana an opportunity to make peace with her despite their historically difficult relationship. Currently based in Dublin, Ireland, Dana is an Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health at the Global Brain Health Institute, where she's developing a second graphic memoir focusing on end stages of dementia and dementia across cultures. This episode is sponsored by Hero: www.herohealth.com Learn more about Dana's work: http://www.danawalrath.com Explore The Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health: https://www.gbhi.org/atlantic-fellows/

In this month’s episode, we hear from Alice Jaggers, medical librarian and new addition to the website management team. We learn about how she got involved with Graphic Medicine, what she presented at our conference this summer, and what she hopes to see in the future. Enjoy! Download episode.

For the past six years cartoonist Sharon Rosenzweig has been making comics about her mother and what Sharon refers to as their “adventures with Alzheimer's Disease.” When her mother entered hospice, Sharon's daily practice of drawing her and her caregivers became a way to connect with her when other forms of communication were lost. But after her mother died, Sharon found it impossible to continue drawing. She found the way back to her art through a warm-up ritual suggested by the cartoonist Lynda Barry. On the show Sharon tells us about that ritual, how it helped her grieve and how anyone with an interest in drawing can begin making a comic. She shares the story behind some of her comics, including “Mom's Flock,” “Judgment Call” and “The Last Ride of Mo Rosenzweig,” all of which appear in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Sharon's work is part of a movement called Graphic Medicine, defined as the use of comics to tell stories about illness and health. Her graphic memoir, based on her drawings about and with her mother, has the working title “Spiral Notebook.” Link to Sharon's comics in Annals of Internal Medicine: https://bit.ly/2OcIR3V Sharon's spiral drawings: https://bit.ly/2NyCTNN Also mentioned in the show: “The Comic Torah: Reimagining the Very Good Book”: https://amzn.to/2MzBQc3 “Syllabus” (Lynda Barry): https://amzn.to/2NgxfRd Music: “Dryness (wet mix)” by Ketsa | CC BY NC ND | Free Music Archive

Dr. Mike Natter MD Internal Medicine & Graphic Medicine Instagram |  Twitter  |  Art Work Description: Our most requested guest since we launched the podcast, and we promise, he does not disappoint! Dr. Natter’s message and compassion bleeds through with everything he does. Now, think back to when you were a kid. A kid when it…

Award-winning author and illustrator Marissa Moss is best known for her popular “Amelia's Notebooks” series. She took a radical departure from that series with her novel, “Last Things: A Graphic Memoir About ALS,” a deeply personal story of how Marissa coped with the devastating effects of her husband Harvey's illness. A renowned art historian and UC Berkeley professor, Harvey Stahl died less than seven months after being diagnosed with Bulbar ALS. On the show Marissa describes the novel's evolution and tells us why she was determined to show the full effects of Harvey's illness, from being stared at in public because of how he looked and the reaction of her sons (14, 10 and 6 when Harvey died) to her frustration with medical professionals and even her beloved husband. She reads a passage from “Last Things,” and explains how magic paperclip bracelets helped her youngest son, Asa, get rid of his nightmares. Marissa's novel sits squarely in the Graphic Medicine movement, which explores the medium of comics and the discourse of healthcare. Learn more about Graphic Medicine by exploring this year's conference in Vermont: https://bit.ly/2JIME7b. Note: this episode originally aired September 14, 2017. Marissa's website: https://www.marissamoss.com “Last Things” website: https://www.marissamoss.com/last-things.php Music: “Growing Silence” by Ketsa | CC BY NC ND | Free Music Archive

On this month’s episode, Matthew and MK recap meeting up at the American Library Association conference in New Orleans. Download episode.

The June episode of the podcast features Graphic Medicine news with Matthew Noe and an interview with Ellen Forney about her follow up to Marbles, Rock Steady: Brilliant Advice from My Bipolar Life. Enjoy! Download episode. 

Sylvia Nickerson, an artist in Hamilton, Ontario, reads her article called "Seeking graphic medicine narratives." In the article, Dr. Nickerson explains how graphic medicine can probe the emotional, moral and human aspects of medicine. Her Humanities Encounters article is published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Full article (subscription required): www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.171318 If you'd like to submit a graphic medicine narrative to CMAJ, see details here: http://www.cmaj.ca/submission-guidelines#humanities To submit a graphic medicine narrative to the Canadian Medical Association Journal: http://www.cmaj.ca/submission-guidelines#humanities ----------------------------------- For more stories like this one, get your copy of CMAJ’s Encounters Book. This anthology of prose and poetry of some 100 Canadian authors including Drs. David Goldbloom, Shane Neilson, Allan Peterkin and Monica Kidd, has been specially curated and includes a study guide. https://shop.cma.ca/products/encounters ----------------------------------- Subscribe to CMAJ Podcasts on Apple Podcasts, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Overcast, Instacast, or your favourite aggregator. You can also follow us directly on our SoundCloud page or you can visit www.cmaj.ca/page/multimedia/podcasts.

In this podcast, we discuss Graphic Medicine, which can be defined as the use of comics (graphic narratives) in health sciences education and patient care. Our guests are Susan Squier and Ellen Forney. Susan Squier is Professor Emerita of English and Women's Studies at Penn State University, where she taught graphic narratives (comics!) to graduate students. She is now Visiting Fellow at the Freie Universität, Berlin (the Free University, that is) where she is part of a collaboration called the PathoGraphics project, a study of the relations between illness narratives (also called pathographies) and comics about medicine, illness, disability and caregiving. She is a co-editor of the Graphic Medicine book series at Penn State Press, which publishes long form graphic narratives, graphic narratives for classroom use, and scholarly studies of works of graphic medicine. Ellen Forney is the author of the New York Times bestseller "Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me," a graphic memoir about her bipolar disorder. Her new book, the follow-up to Marbles, is a self-help guide to maintaining stability with a mood disorder. It’s called "Rock Steady: Brilliant Advice from My Bipolar Life," and will be out this May. She teaches comics at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle.

Editor's Summary by Edward Livingston, MD, Deputy Editor of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the December 19, 2017 issue

In this episode, the guy who coined the term “Graphic Medicine” describes to us what it has become. Enjoy Ian Williams’ talk to the staff of the Wellcome Trust Library in London. Support for this podcast comes from Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Humanities, the nation’s oldest Humanities Department within a medical school, pioneers of innovations in medical education since 1967. To learn more about Penn State College of Medicine Department of Humanities, go to www2.med.psu.edu/humanities. Download episode.

“Last Things: A Graphic Memoir About ALS” is a radical departure from the previous work of award-winning author and illustrator Marissa Moss, who is best known for her popular “Amelia's Notebooks” series. In today's show Marissa talks about the process of writing “Last Things,” a deeply personal story of how she coped with the devastating effects of her husband Harvey's illness. A renowned art historian and UC Berkeley professor, Harvey died less than seven months after being diagnosed with Bulbar ALS. From being stared at in public because of how Harvey looked and why swimming kept Marissa sane to the reaction of her sons (14, 10 and 6 when Harvey died) to their father's decline and how Jewish grieving rituals helped her, Marissa lays it all on the table and shares her hopes for the book. She also reads a passage from “Last Things,” and she explains how magic paperclip bracelets helped her youngest son, Asa, get rid of his nightmares. Marissa's website: http://marissamoss.com/ “Last Things” page: http://marissamoss.com/last-thing.php Music: “Growing Silence” by Ketsa | CC BY NC ND | Free Music Archive

Images for this podcast will be at http://wp.me/p42KN3-FDJ starting 8/29/2017 9amEST On this week’s Comics Syllabus podcast, Paul’s guest for the “General Ed” segment is Matthew Noe, medical librarian and specialist for graphic medicine, the use of comics for health care purposes. Matthew joins Paul to talk about what graphic medicine is and where it came from, offers some sources and resources in the field (see below), and discusses a few comics exemplifying graphic medicine in practice. Then, on the centenary of Jack “King” Kirby’s birth, Paul offers a discussion of the “Jack Kirby’s New Gods Artist Edition” from IDW. (Confession: this is a replay of an episode recorded last year.) Subscribe and follow the Comics Syllabus podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, or Soundcloud, or copy this RSS feed to your podcatcher: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:235183739/sounds.rss or you can find archives for this podcast (previously named “Study Comics with Paul”) here: http://studycomics.club/ Join the discussion on the Comics Syllabus Facebook page: http://facebook.com/ComicsSyllabus Follow Paul on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TwoPlai It’s the only place on earth he stays under 140 characters. Thanks for listening! IMAGES AND LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Resources from Graphic Medicine discussion with Matthew Noe Matthew Noe’s Graphic Librarian site: https://graphiclibrarian.wordpress.com/ National Network of Libraries of Medicine Graphic Medicine Book Club Kits: https://nnlm.gov/ner/guides/graphic-medicine-book-club-kits http://www.graphicmedicine.org/ UMich Graphic Medicine & Comics in Healthcare: http://guides.lib.umich.edu/graphicmedicine MK Czerwiec, Comic Nurse: http://comicnurse.com/ Graphic Medicine examples Matthew shares with us “When I Returned: A Cartoonist and Veterans Project” (Center for Cartoon Studies): http://gumroad.com/l/whenireturned# “Raised on Ritalin: A Personal Story of ADHD, Medication, and Modern Psychiatry” by Tyler Paige: http://raisedonritalincomic.blogspot.com/ “Pain is Really Strange” by Steve Haines: https://painisreallystrange.wordpress.com/ “Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371” by MK Czerwiec (Penn State University Press): http://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-07818-2.html

MK Czerwiec was not the kid in school who could draw. But in 1994, during her first nursing job on AIDS Unit 371 in Chicago's Illinois Masonic Medical Center, she began writing and creating comics as a way of coping with what she witnessed daily: the terrible toll of AIDS. In today's show, MK talks about Taking Turns: Stories From HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371, her graphic novel, which combines her memories of working in Unit 371 with the oral histories of its patients, family members and staff. MK tells us how the book came about, how creating comics has helped her in caring for her own family members, why graphic narratives are useful in high-stress situations and how comics are now being used as a vital tool in healthcare. Link to MK's website: https://www.comicnurse.com Link to Graphic Medicine website: http://www.graphicmedicine.org Graphic Medicine Manifesto: http://bit.ly/2t4JnYk Graphic novels/memoir that feature caregiving & living with long-term illness: Elderly family members: "Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant" by Roz Chast (excerpt: http://bit.ly/1FHmNTD); and "Special Exits" by Joyce Farmer (http://bit.ly/2tt2aiR) Alzheimer's Disease: "Tangles" by Sarah Leavitt (http://bit.ly/2s5QDlm); and "Aliceheimer's" by Dana Walrath (http://bit.ly/2sqwPID) COPD/Hospice: "Things To Do In A Retirement Home Trailer Park When You're 29 And Unemployed" by Nye Wright (http://bit.ly/1PD7Q9B) Parkinson's Disease: "My Degeneration" by Peter Dunlop-Shohl (http://bit.ly/2ttpi0E) Music: “Wounds” (remix) by Ketsa | CC BY NC ND | Free Music Archive

For this week's show, Andy and Derek look at two examples of life writing and one Dracula-infused alternate history. They begin with Paula Knight's The Facts of Life, one of the latest in the Pennsylvania State University Press' Graphic Medicine series. This is the story of Knight and her partner's attempts to get pregnant, but more significantly, it's a personal account of the contexts and societal expectations surrounding motherhood. After that they look at Sara Lautman's Black and White Diary Comics, December 2016 - February 2017 (Birdcage Bottom Books), a collection of black-and-white strips that episodically chronicles the artist's life over the past few months. Finally, the Two Guys wrap up with with Anno Dracula #1 (Titan Comics), the next installment in Kim Newman's series of novels...this one in comics form. With art by Paul McCaffrey, this first miniseries, subtitled "1895: Seven Days in Mayhem," could stand as a solid introduction to Newman's vampiric storyworld.

In this week’s podcast, Elizabeth Hewitt from the Ohio State University presents “Incurable Time: The Graphic Temporalities of Autoimmune Disease.” Her talk was recorded at our 2015 Riverside Comics & Medicine conference. Also, I talk with Ann Fox of Davidson College about what she’s reading, as well as her new Graphic Medicine course. Keep your eyes on your screens as images will accompany the episode. Support for this podcast comes from Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Humanities, the nation’s oldest Humanities Department within a medical school, pioneers of innovations in medical education since 1967. To learn more about Penn State College of Medicine... Read More

In this week’s Graphic Medicine podcast, the first in a series, we’ll hear two lightning presentations from the 2015 Comics & Medicine conference in Riverside, California. Both presentations discuss how making art and comics helps create meaning and understanding, and can, in some cases, change behavior. First we’ll hear from Roderick Castle, an art therapist in Rochester, New York, who works with veterans. After Roderick’s presentation, I’ll chat with him about his work, and update our listeners on projects he mentions in his presentation. He’ll also discuss some of the reading he’s doing to enhance the care he is able to provide... Read More

It's time for another round of insightful reviews, and this week Gwen and Derek have just what the doctored ordered. In fact, the first two books they discuss are part of Penn State University Press' Graphic Medicine series. Peter Dunlap-Shohl's My Degeneration: A Journey through Parkinson's is the author's account of living with Parkinson's disease. It's not exactly a memoir, although it does explore the impact that the disease has had on Dunlap-Shohl's life over the past decade. My Degeneration is more of an instructional text, or perhaps a survival guide, on how to navigate the debilitating straits of his condition. As Gwen and Derek reveal, the book is an informative, no-nonsense look at Parkinson's, and while it posses a hopeful and even upbeat tone, it is anything but a Pollyanna narrative. The second book from the Graphic Medicine series is Aliceheimer's: Alzheimer's through the Looking Glass, Dana Walrath's account of confronting her mother's Alzheimer's disease (and which will be released in April). The author uses Lewis Carroll's classic children's tale as a metaphor for her mother's condition, as well as her own grappling with the dilemma. Although technically not a comic, Aliceheimer's could be considered a "graphic narrative" in that Walrath juxtaposes collage-style illustrations with textual accounts of her mother's experiences. Both Graphic Medicine books are deeply personal and moving texts that can speak directly to patients, caregivers, and medical professionals. Next, Derek and Gwen take a look at the first issue of Ted McKeever's new miniseries, Pencil Head (Image Comics). What makes this title so striking and so different from his previous works (such as Miniature Jesus and Superannuated Man) is that it's about the comics industry and, according to the publisher, a semi-autobiographical account of the strange things that occur in the life of a creator. Indeed, McKeever's shark, and at times surreal, black-and-white art is the perfect vehicle to reveal the weirdness underlying the profession. Finally, Gwen and Derek wrap up the show by looking at the latest adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's classic gothic tale, Enrica Jang and Jason Strutz's The Cask of Amontillado (Action Lab Studios). Derek is an aficionado of Poe adaptations, and the two begin their discussion by highlighting both the adherences to and the deviations from the original narrative. Jang doesn't really retain the short story's complicating narrative frame -- Montresor's confessional (and ambiguous) account provided years after the event -- but this one-shot does set up her and Strutz's upcoming limited series, The House of Montresor. This will be their sequel to the classic, a look into the consequences of Montresor's calculated murder and what it means to both his and Fortunato's families.

The first episode of our new season, featuring Graphic Medicine news, an interview with Jennifer Hayden, and “What Are You Reading?!” with guest Michael Green. The Graphic Medicine Podcast is sponsored by Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Humanities, the nation’s oldest Humanities Department within a medical school, pioneers of innovations in medical education since 1967. Download podcast.

Physician/author Ian Williams coined the term “graphic medicine” to “denote the role that comics can play in the study and delivery of healthcare.” The robust emerging graphic medicine community can be witnessed in its website and annual conference, as well as in the profusion of fascinating graphic medicine texts created from a range of perspectives, visions, and voices. Graphic Medicine Manifesto (Penn State University Press, 2015)–the first book in the exciting Graphic Medicine series at The Pennsylvania State University Press–introduces graphic medicine as a practice, a movement, and an ethos to the wide and diverse audience it deserves and will surely attract. This interview features three of the authors of the Graphic Medicine Manifesto: MK Czerwiec, Ian Williams, and Susan Merrill Squier. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/medicine

Physician/author Ian Williams coined the term “graphic medicine” to “denote the role that comics can play in the study and delivery of healthcare.” The robust emerging graphic medicine community can be witnessed in its website and annual conference, as well as in the profusion of fascinating graphic medicine texts created from a range of perspectives, visions, and voices. Graphic Medicine Manifesto (Penn State University Press, 2015)–the first book in the exciting Graphic Medicine series at The Pennsylvania State University Press–introduces graphic medicine as a practice, a movement, and an ethos to the wide and diverse audience it deserves and will surely attract. This interview features three of the authors of the Graphic Medicine Manifesto: MK Czerwiec, Ian Williams, and Susan Merrill Squier. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Physician/author Ian Williams coined the term “graphic medicine” to “denote the role that comics can play in the study and delivery of healthcare.” The robust emerging graphic medicine community can be witnessed in its website and annual conference, as well as in the profusion of fascinating graphic medicine texts created from a range of perspectives, visions, and voices. Graphic Medicine Manifesto (Penn State University Press, 2015)–the first book in the exciting Graphic Medicine series at The Pennsylvania State University Press–introduces graphic medicine as a practice, a movement, and an ethos to the wide and diverse audience it deserves and will surely attract. This interview features three of the authors of the Graphic Medicine Manifesto: MK Czerwiec, Ian Williams, and Susan Merrill Squier. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The commitment required for medical school is well known.  But what do you find out about this commitment out only after you've begun?  Should you stop untying your shoes to save time?  Will your ethics be challenged during medical school?  Is it best to invest in a crockpot?  Will you doubt your choice to come to medical school?  Find out how Lisa Wehr, Kaci McCleary, and Nick Sparr have dealt with these inevitable questions on this week's show.  And we announce our voicemail contest, in which you, dear listener, can win a Starbucks gift card. Also, Nick prepares for RAGBRAI, we explore the fascinating topic of what the word ‘chili' means, the sixth annual comics and medicine convention, we have doctor-related TV shows to recommend, and how scientists are creating little autistic brains from skin cells. We need validation. Leave a review: iTunes | Stitcher Graphic Medicine RAGBRAI A Young Doctor's Notebook Doc Martin Miniature brains grown from skin cells ‘provide autism insights Six Lessons About Mirror-Touch Synesthesia From Dr. Joel Salinas Your Hosts This Week: [huge_it_gallery id=”41″] Listen to more great shows for medical students on The Vocalis Podcast Network. The opinions expressed in this feed and podcast are not those of the University of Iowa or the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine; nor do they reflect the views of anyone other than the people who expressed them.  If you have feedback on anything you hear on the show, positive or not, let us know.…

Sociologist Arthur Frank delivers the Sue Eckstein Memorial keynote address at the 2014 Comics & Medicine conference on the Johns Hopkins Medical Campus. This address was sponsored by the Brighton Sussex Medical School and is introduced by Ian Williams of Graphic Medicine dot org. Lecture Description: When Bodies Need Stories in Pictures In my 1995 book, The Wounded Storyteller, I asked when do bodies need stories, especially ill bodies. Back then, graphic novels were scarcely on my radar, and certainly not as illness narratives. Today, some of the most compelling writing about illness experience is in the graphic-novel form, complemented by a... Read More

You may have noticed an interruption in the podcasting of presentations from Brighton. This has been due to both poor audio quality and time constraints. Hoping to get a few more of those presentations audible and edited before our Baltimore conference. In the meantime, Michael Green was kind enough to interview me, MK Czerwiec, while we were on a mini-speaking tour of Southern California. Michael is a gifted interviewer, and I can babble about Graphic Medicine at a moment’s notice. Hope you enjoy our chat. Download podcast

In an interruption of the lectures from Brighton, this week we feature Mita Mahato of the University of Puget Sound. Dr. Mahato recently delivered a lecture at the University of California at Riverside titled, “These Frames Are Hiding Places: Processing Grief Through Comics.” You can see more of Dr. Mahato’s work at her website, theseframesarehidingplaces.com The lecture was supported by UCR’s Center for Ideas and Society, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Workshops in the Humanities. The event was coordinated by Juliet McMullin, who was kind enough to share the audio with Graphic Medicine. Dr. McMullin is a moving force... Read More

Panel 2A: Reflection and Practitioner Research, from this past summer’s Graphic Medicine conference in Brighton. The panel was chaired by Rachel Robinson. First up is the talk, “Comics, for the Lost Voices of Medicine” by Beth McCausland, Kuruphungma Limbu, Bethany Greenwood, and Jaymi Lad.  Next is “A Kid Doctor in the Emergency Department” by Adam Gray.  Next is “Drawing Out an Occupation” by Francesca Leach. And last is “What Has Becoming A Doctor Done to Me?” by  Muna Al-Jawad. Muna’s talk is followed by a Q&A with the entire panel.   Download podcast. 

In this first of what will be a long series of podcasts arising from the 2013 Comics & Medicine conference, we hear Paul Gravett’s rundown of Graphic Medicine work that has come to his attention in the past year. His talk is titled, Frames of Mind: Reflections on Medicine in Comics: An Introductory overview of the past, present, and future. Most of the titles he discusses in his talk, and ones recommended by the conference audience, are linked in this earlier blog post.   The audio from Paul’s talk begins and ends a bit abruptly, but is intact otherwise. During... Read More