Category Archives: presentation

How Comic Strips Create Better Health Care

Hester, S. (2021). How comic strips create better health care. TED.com. https://www.ted.com/talks/sam_hester_how_comic_strips_create_better_health_care ABSTRACT: Comics creator Sam Hester is part of a growing movement within health care: graphic medicine. In short, literally drawing attention to a patient’s needs and goals with pictures to foster better and more accessible caretaking. Hester shares how illustrating small details of… Read More »

Library Experts Explore Interdisciplinary Graphic Medicine at VCU Libraries

VCU Libraries. (2021). Library experts explore interdisciplinary graphic medicine at VCU Libraries. Retrieved from library.vcu.edu/about/news/2021-news/graphic-medicine-video-and-qa.html ABSTRACT: Research and Education Librarian Talicia Tarver and Library Specialist for Comic Arts Cindy Jackson presented a session in the VCU Libraries Community Zooms series on Feb. 11, 2021. Titled Graphic Medicine at VCU Libraries, the session explored the burgeoning field of graphic medicine, “the intersection… Read More »

Graphic Medicine Online

Lewis, A. D. (2020, March 7). Graphic medicine online [Paper presentation]. NEMLA Conference: Saving the Day: Accessing Comics in the 21st Century, Boston. ABSTRACT: I would like to highlight a number of the online and digital options available to readers, creators, or scholars in Graphic Medicine. For better or for worse, this will be a… Read More »

Graphic Medicine: How Do the Materialities of Ink, Image and Illness Relate?

Frølunde, L. (2019, January). Graphic medicine: How do the materialities of ink, image and illness relate? Paper presented at the Comics and Society: Research, Art, and Cultural Politics – Nordic Summer University Winter Symposium, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. https://forskning.ruc.dk/en/publications/graphic-medicine-how-do-the-materialities-of-ink-image-and-illnes ABSTRACT: The presentation concerns graphic medicine with focus on materialities regarding two examples of texts about… Read More »

“Sparkling Moments”: Graphic medicine as a Reflective Tool for Self-efficacy and Motivation

Miller L. “Sparkling Moments”: Graphic medicine as a reflective tool for self-efficacy and motivation. In: Weber AS, Verjee MA, editors. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Medical Humanities in the Middle East [Internet]; 2018 Nov 17-18: Doha, Qatar: Innovations in Global Health Professions Education; 2019 March. p. 54-55. (Innovations in Global Health Professions Education;… Read More »