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Communicating information to patients: the use of cartoon illustrations to improve comprehension of instructions

Oct. 21, 2013 by Comic Nurse Leave a Comment

Communicating information to patients: the use of cartoon illustrations to improve comprehension of instructions. Delp C, Jones J. Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, USA.  

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Teaching With Comics: A Course for Fourth Year Medical Students

Sep. 14, 2013 by Comic Nurse Leave a Comment

Teaching With Comics: A Course for Forth Year Medical Students Michael Green, MD Journal of Medical Humanities, September 2013 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10912-013-9245-5

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Exploring Graphic Pathographies in the Medical Humanities

May. 17, 2013 by Comic Nurse Leave a Comment

Exploring Graphic Pathographies in the Medical Humanities by Maria Vaccarella Med Humanities 2013;39:70-71 doi:10.1136/medhum-2012-010209

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Tagged With: Brian Fies, Cancer Vixen, graphic pathographies, Maria Vacarella, medical humanities, Mom's Cancer

How Do Comics Represent Depression?

May. 17, 2013 by Comic Nurse Leave a Comment

How do comics represent depression? post on Pencil, Panel, Page

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Tagged With: depression, Page, Panel, Pencil

Medical Students Study Graphic Novels

Apr. 4, 2013 by Comic Nurse Leave a Comment

“Medical Students Study Graphic Novels” WITF radio piece, with accompanying article, discussing Michael Green’s Annals of Internal Medicine comic, “Missed It” and his Comics & Medicine course at Penn State Hershey School of Medicine.  

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Atrium: Graphic

Mar. 21, 2013 by Comic Nurse 2 Comments

Atrium is the report of the Northwestern Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program Graphic, Issue 10, Spring 2012 was guest co-edited by Catherine Belling and MK Czerwiec, full PDF of  issue available here. Table of contents: The View from the Spectrum: The Challenges of Picturing Autism in Comics Form by Courrney Angermeier and Jeff Benham Aggression Management Manga: An Interview with Rinko Endo by MK Czerwiec Monsters and the Ghosts of PubMed by Alice Dreger Picture This: Illustrating the Future of HIPAA Docukents by Leah Eisenberg and Rose Anderon Saving Grace: Teaching about Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Using Comic Form (in… Read More

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Tagged With: Alice Dreger, Alison Bechdel, Anderson, Angermeier, Atrium, autism, Benham, breast cancer, cancer, Channell, Eisenberg, female genital mutilation, FGM, HIPAA, Iain Purdue, Ian Williams, Kaplan-Weinger, Lucy Lyons, manga, Michael Oldani, monsters, Nigeria, Northwestern Medical Humanities and Bioethics, PubMed, Rinko Endo, Riva Lehrer, Rodriguez, Salubi

Comics are Research: Graphic Narratives as a New Way of Seeing Clinical Practice

Mar. 21, 2013 by Comic Nurse Leave a Comment

Comics are Research: Graphic Narratives as a New Way of Seeing Clinical Practice Muna Al-Jawad Journal of Medical Humanities February 2013

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Medthics Graphic Novel by Harmon Fong

Mar. 21, 2013 by Comic Nurse Leave a Comment

Medthics Graphic Novel by Harmon Fong Journal of Medical Humanities December 2012, Vol 33, Issue 4, p.273-285

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Comic Strips Carry Serious Messages for Medical Students

Mar. 5, 2013 by Comic Nurse Leave a Comment

Comic Strips Carry Serious Messages for Medical Students

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Tagged With: comics and medicine, Graphic Medicine, Michael Green, narrative medicine, Penn State Hershey College of Medicine

How Not to Write Comics Criticism

Sep. 21, 2012 by Comic Nurse Leave a Comment

Great article, How Not to Write Comics Criticism by Dylan Meconis on his site.

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Tagged With: comics criticism, comics writing

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