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This Week in Graphic Medicine (3/23/18)

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‘This Week in Graphic Medicine’ highlights relevant articles (and tweets) about comics in medicine published during the week (Saturday – Friday). Links are typically presented without commentary, unless clarification of relevance is necessary, with credit given to those who flagged them up where possible. So without further ado… Matthew’s Pick of the Week… This week, Comics and Medicine: The Ways We Work, 2018 Conference Updates! The hosts of this year’s conference – The Center for Cartoon Studies and the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth – have launched the big marketing push for the conference, coming this August. Some links include… CCS… Read More

This Week in Graphic Medicine (1/26/18)

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‘This Week in Graphic Medicine’ highlights relevant articles (and tweets) about comics in medicine published during the week (Saturday – Friday). Links are typically presented without commentary, unless clarification of relevance is necessary, with credit given to those who flagged them up where possible. So without further ado… Matthew’s Pick of the Week… This week, I don’t have a pick in the traditional sense. Rather, I want to pause and dedicate our work in the medical humanities this week to Dr. Arnold P. Gold, who passed away on January 23rd. He was 92. The foundation named for him posted this tribute… Read More

This Week in Graphic Medicine (1/19/18)

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‘This Week in Graphic Medicine’ highlights relevant articles (and tweets) about comics in medicine published during the week (Saturday – Friday). Links are typically presented without commentary, unless clarification of relevance is necessary, with credit given to those who flagged them up where possible. So without further ado… Matthew’s Pick of the Week… This week’s pick will be unsurprising, but I want to highlight the launching of the National Library of Medicine’s new traveling exhibit, “Graphic Medicine: Ill-Conceived and Well Drawn“. This has been a long work in progress (2014!) and was created and curated by rock star of graphic… Read More

This Week in Graphic Medicine (12/8/17)

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‘This Week in Graphic Medicine’ highlights relevant articles (and tweets) about comics in medicine published during the week (Saturday – Friday). Links are typically presented without commentary, unless clarification of relevance is necessary, with credit given to those who flagged them up where possible. So without further ado… Special… Library Con Live happened this past Wednesday – a great virtual conference meant for librarians involved in comics. Check out the hashtag #libraryconlive on Twitter to catch up! (On-demand viewings of most of the sessions will be made available I believe. Check with Library Journal for more information.) Comics and Medicine:… Read More

This Week in Graphic Medicine (11/17/17 & 11/24/17)

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‘This Week in Graphic Medicine’ highlights relevant articles (and tweets) about comics in medicine published during the week (Saturday – Friday). Links are typically presented without commentary, unless clarification of relevance is necessary, with credit given to those who flagged them up where possible. So without further ado… Note: This Week is actually two weeks. 11/23 is the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, so this will cover from 11/10’s post until 11/22. Next week will catch anything from the later half of this one. Have a good holiday for those celebrating!  Comics and Medicine: The Way We Work The Center… Read More

2015 Preliminary Conference Schedule Now Available

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    Thursday July 16th 4:00 pm: Registration  4:00 – 5:00: Opening reception with Conference Exhibit. Drinks and light appetizers will be served.  5:00 – 5:15: Graphic Medicine Practice and Community, Mom’s Cancer creator Brian Fies 5:20 – 5:30: Penn State University Press and the Graphic Medicine Series, editor-in-chief Kendra Boileau 5:30 – 7:00: Graphic Medicine Manifesto Roundtable with the authors, moderated by Mita Mahato 7:00 – 8:00: Graphic Medicine Manifesto and The Bad Doctor Book Signing   Friday July 17th 8:00 – 8:30 am: Registration. Continental Breakfast will be provided.  8:30 – 9:00: Welcome 9:00 – 10:00: Keynote Speaker Jared Gardner 10:00 –… Read More

Comics in Medicine and Teaching

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I (Ian) am giving a keynote talk in symposium at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Conference Information & Schedule We invite scholars, educators, artists, and health care providers to consider the educational and therapeutic benefits of comic books/graphic novels. Patients may struggle to clearly convey or understand their experience with acute or chronic medical or behavioral health issues. Likewise, students may struggle in their learning process. This conference offers the opportunity to think broadly and creatively about how comic books/graphic novels can be used by health care providers and educators to assist patients and students in addressing their challenges…. Read More

Graphic Medicine Podcast: Interview with MK Czerwiec

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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.

An Afternoon with David Small

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  David Small is giving a keynote address at the conference A Narrative Future for Healthcare in Kings College, London, which is likely to be a landmark event in narrative medicine, being a collaborative venture between Kings and Columbia University. The organisers have made extra tickets available for non-delegates who would like to attend David’s talks. These are limited to 60 so early booking is essential. You can book by clicking on the image below.