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Graphic Medicine in Graduate Medical Education

Maatman, T., Green, M. J., & Noe; M. N. (2022). Graphic medicine in graduate medical education. J Grad Med Educ, 14 (1): 113–114. doi: https://doi.org/10.4300/JGME-D-21-01107.1 ABSTRACT: The challenge is how to incorporate opportunities for self-expression, creativity, and potential community building into residency education. […] Graphic medicine, a field at the intersection of comics and health care, can… Read More »

Disease Information Through Comics: A Graphic Option for Health Education

Rakower, J., & Hallyburton, A. (2022). Disease Information Through Comics: A Graphic Option for Health Education. The Journal of medical humanities, 1–18. Advance online publication. doi-10.1007/s10912-022-09730-9 ABSTRACT: This paper presents a critical interpretive synthesis of research on the efficacy of comics in educating consumers on communicable diseases. Using this review methodology, the authors drew from empirical… Read More »

Comics and Medicine: Using Graphic Narratives in Pharmacy Education

Hoffman A. (2021). Comics and Medicine: Using Graphic Narratives in Pharmacy Education. American journal of pharmaceutical education, 8797. Advance online publication. https://doi-org.ezproxymcp.flo.org/10.5688/ajpe8797 ABSTRACT: Over the last decade, interest in comics as an educational tool has increased. Far from the roots of their superheroorigins, the artform of comics (also known as graphic novels) now includes a vast… Read More »

What Can Medical Education Learn from Comics?

Bradley, S, Mclean, R, Brewster, L. (2021). What can medical education learn from comics? Clin Teach.1– 4. https://doi-org.ezproxymcp.flo.org/10.1111/tct.13427 ABSTRACT: Graphic medicine is the use of comics to communicate illness experiences. Recognition of its usefulness in medical education is growing, particularly in the United States, but explorations of how students engage with comics within medical curricula are lacking. Here, we report on… Read More »

The Many Fictions of Illness: A Rhetorical Approach to Understanding Fictionality in Mom’s Cancer

Ferraro A. J. (2021). The Many Fictions of Illness: A Rhetorical Approach to Understanding Fictionality in Mom’s Cancer. Literature and medicine, 39(2), 227–248. https://doi-org.ezproxymcp.flo.org/10.1353/lm.2021.0022 ABSTRACT: Recent studies of fictionality within narrative theory have emphasized the permeability between global fictions and nonfictions. That is, global nonfictions often deploy elements of local fictionality without compromising their global commitments. This paper… Read More »

Exploring the Impact of Online Graphic Narratives in Consumer Health Promotion: A Type 2 Diabetes Study.

Luna-Nevarez C. (2021). Exploring the impact of online graphic narratives in consumer health promotion: A type 2 diabetes study. Health marketing quarterly, 38(4), 315–333. DOI: 10.1080/07359683.2021.1947069 ABSTRACT: This research explores the use of online graphic narratives (a.k.a. comics) in consumer health promotion. More specifically, the study evaluates the persuasive power of online graphic narratives to communicate type 2… Read More »

The Use of Comics to Promote Health Awareness: A Template Using Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Alemany-Pagès, M., Azul, A. M., & Ramalho-Santos, J. (2022). The use of comics to promote health awareness: A template using nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. European journal of clinical investigation, 52(3), e13642. https://doi-org.ezproxymcp.flo.org/10.1111/eci.13642 ABSTRACT: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) constitutes a major threat to public health systems worldwide on account of its widespread prevalence and increasing incidence. More… Read More »