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Hollow fields
Lucy Snow gets lost on her way to elementary school and mistakenly enrolls in a boarding school known as Hollow Fields, which educates fledgling mad scientists and evil geniuses, and where low grades can result in a severe form of detention.
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Show Me Where It Hurts
In Show Me Where It Hurts , Monica Chiu argues that
graphic pathography-long-form comics by and about subjects who
suffer from disease or are impaired-re-vitalizes and re-visions
various negatively affected corporeal states through hand-drawn
images. By the body and for the body, the medium is subversive and
reparative, and it stands in contradistinction to clinical accounts
of illness that tend to disembody or objectify the subject.
Employing affect theory, spatial theory, vital materialism, and
approaches from race and ethnic studies, women and gender studies,
disability studies, and comics studies, Chiu provides readings of
recently published graphic pathography. Chiu argues that these
kinds of subjective graphic stories, by virtue of their narrative
and descriptive strengths, provide a form of resistance to the
authoritative voice of biomedicine and serve as a tool to foster
important change in the face of social and economic inequities when
it comes to questions of health and healthcare. Show Me Where
It Hurts reads what already has been manifested on the comics
page and invites more of what demands expression.
Pathbreaking and provocative, this book will appeal to scholars
and students of the medical humanities, comics studies, race and
ethnic studies, disability studies, and women and gender
studies.
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My Degeneration
How does one deal with a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease at the
age of forty-three? My Degeneration , by former
Anchorage Daily News staff cartoonist Peter Dunlap-Shohl,
answers the question with humor and passion, recounting the
author's attempt to come to grips with the \"malicious whimsy\" of
this chronic, progressive, and disabling disease. This graphic
novel tracks Dunlap-Shohl's journey through depression, the
worsening symptoms of the disease, the juggling of medications and
their side effects, the impact on relations with family and
community, and the raft of mental and physical changes wrought by
the malady.
My Degeneration examines the current state of
Parkinson's care, including doctor/patient relations and the
repercussions of a disease that, among other things, impairs
movement, can rob patients of their ability to speak or write,
degrades sufferers' ability to deal with complexity, and interferes
with the sense of balance. Readers learn what it's like to undergo
a dramatic, demanding, and audacious bit of high-tech brain surgery
that can mysteriously restore much of a patient's control over
symptoms. But My Degeneration is more than a Parkinson's
memoir. Dunlap-Shohl gives the person newly diagnosed with
Parkinson's disease the information necessary to cope with it on a
day-to-day basis. He chronicles the changes that life with the
disease can bring to the way one sees the world and the way one is
seen by the wider community. Dunlap-Shohl imparts a realistic basis
for hope-hope not only to carry on, but to enjoy a decent quality
of life.
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Graphic medicine in academic health science library collections
Objective: Academic health science library catalogs were analyzed to determine the presence and frequency of graphic medicine titles in print format in the collections. The secondary objectives were to gauge if students could access graphic medicine titles, through other libraries within the same system or as eBooks, and to examine if libraries highlighted graphic medicine collections and their uses on their websites. Methods: A convenience sample of health science libraries was created from the Association of Academic Health Science Libraries member list. A title list was developed from collection resources and award lists for graphic medicine and graphic novels. Data was collected from public-facing library catalogs. Results: Fifty-six percent of the libraries analyzed had at least one title from the list in their collections available as print. An additional thirty percent had at least one title available as an eBook, leaving only fourteen percent with no graphic medicine titles. Conclusions: This study provides a starting point in describing the prevalence and breadth of graphic medicine collections in academic health science libraries. Although their presence may be small, our findings suggest that graphic medicine is being collected by academic health science libraries. Academic librarians can support the growing interest in the comic art format by incorporating graphic medicine into their collections and educating their patrons on this important genre.
Journal Article
Evaluation of using a graphic novel Vivian in nursing curriculum from the perspectives of nurse educators: a three-country qualitative study
Background
Graphic novels - full-length stories published in comic-strip format are a proven method for putting student nurses ‘into the shoes’ of health service users and offer nurse educators an alternative to traditional modes of instruction. Their use can support the teaching of palliative care related topics, which remains a challenge in nurse education. This study aimed to explore the views and perspectives of nurse educators about how the graphic novel
Vivian
could be used to prepare undergraduate nursing students for palliative care and beyond.
Methods
Focus groups and individual interviews were conducted with 12 nurse educators at universities in the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Sweden and analysed using thematic analysis.
Results
Four themes were generated: (1) impact of visual storytelling, (2) arts-based learning in palliative care, (3) refinement of the graphic novel, (4) recommendations about future graphic novels. Participants noted
Vivian
’s usefulness for teaching issues related to palliative care and the health care system, including gender inequities, ageing, and economic crises.
Conclusions
There is scope to use arts-based learning when engaging audiences from diverse backgrounds. The educators stressed
Vivian
could help students think ‘outside of the box’ and stressed the importance of a teaching and learning approach that extended beyond textbooks to include other interactive forms. Future research is needed to adapt and refine the graphic novel by considering social and cultural contexts and evaluate how the graphic novel is implemented in nurse education across different settings and countries.
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Using graphic medicine in teaching multicultural nursing: a quasi-experimental study
Background
Comics, as an art form that combines words and images, can be used with great success in teaching nursing students. Teaching content on multicultural issues is not easy, especially since, in addition to knowledge, it is important to pay attention to communication skills, attitudes of respect, openness or empathy, among others. It is difficult to recognize or discuss these attitudes without student involvement. Graphic stories, comic strips provide such opportunities and facilitate learning new content, even those difficult to communicate naturally and spontaneously. The aim of this paper is to present the possibilities of using the graphic method, in particular comics and graphic novels, in teaching nursing, based on the example of multicultural nursing.
Methods
Quasi-experimental intervention study with a quantitative approach, guided by the STROBE tool The survey was conducted March–May 2022 among State University of Applied Sciences in Piła students. First, students’ knowledge of cultural issues was assessed, then they were randomly assigned to two groups. One group had classes using a comic book, and the other group had classes using traditional methods. After the class, the students’ knowledge was assessed again. Descriptive statistical analyses were performed to obtain the mean, median, standard deviation (SD). Data followed a normal distribution. Data was verified by the t-Students test for independent groups.
Results
Respondents’ knowledge on cultural issues before taking the course was satisfactory, with a mean score of 19.1. After completing the course, knowledge on cultural issues increased and was rated as very good and the mean score for all respondents was 26.9. Statistical analysis showed that there was statistical significance between the groups and the number of points achieved in the posttest. Respondents in the intervention group scored higher than those in the comparsion group.
Conclusion
The use of the graphic method, which is one of the forms of active learning, in teaching cultural content to nursing students has positive didactic effects. Students achieve better learning outcomes in terms of knowledge, skills and attitudes in a way that is more engaging. This makes learning difficult topics, such as a cultural issue, more effective.
It would be worth considering using this method for other courses and/or at other universities as well.
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Beyond wrinkles: ageing, graphic medicine, and Zidrou and Aimée de Jongh’s Blossoms in Autumn
Ageing, an inevitable biological process, is often oversimplified, subjecting elderly individuals to both positive and negative sociocultural stereotypes. Elderly individuals are stigmatised as passive, suffering and asexual, while simultaneously being expected to embody an active, successful and productive approach towards ageing. Departing from these narrow perceptions, this article draws examples from Zidrou and Aimée de Jongh’s graphic narrative Blossoms in Autumn to provide a nuanced perspective on the ageing process. Using the affordances of comics, this essay examines how Blossoms in Autumn addresses unarticulated aspects of ageing, including changing bodily features, sexuality and intimacy, among others. In so doing, this essay challenges the unilateral perceptions of ageing.
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Learning by drawing: understanding the potential of comics-based courses in medical education through a qualitative study
In recent years, medical educators have increasingly incorporated comics into their teaching to promote humanism and empathy and to encourage reflective practice. However, it remains unclear how and to what extent comics-based courses effectively address persistent challenges in medical education, such as the need for more engaging, multimodal learning strategies and the cultivation of emotional intelligence alongside clinical competencies. The aim of this study is to investigate the experiences of students who have enrolled in courses on comics and medicine during medical school. Students in North America who had taken such a course during the previous 5 years were invited to participate in an interview about their experiences. 17 students from 10 different medical schools in North America were interviewed. To explore the students’ views on the value of such courses to their medical education, we used a constructivist grounded analytic approach, employing thematic analysis to understand and interpret our interview. Students reported that comics-based courses support key aspects of their medical training that traditional pedagogical approaches may overlook, such as fostering self-reflection, enhancing empathy, and encouraging creative engagement with complex medical narratives. Moreover, comics contributed to their individual and collective professional identity formation by providing a space for introspection and shared discourse.
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Engaging Māori with qualitative healthcare research using an animated comic
Abstract
This article reports an effective strategy for recruiting patients with asthma to a qualitative study using an animated comic advertised on social media. An ad spend of NZ$432 on Facebook resulted in 101 study enquiries, and 27 participants taking part in the focus groups, of which 16 (56%) were Māori, the Indigenous Peoples of New Zealand. Representation of Māori amongst participants was over five times higher than their proportion in the local population (9.7%), resulting in data fulfilling the principle of equal explanatory power, an approach to research which can help advance Māori health development and address inequity. The success of this campaign is of particular interest for health researchers in New Zealand where Māori continue to be disproportionately affected by poorer health outcomes compared with non-Māori, particularly those with asthma. Approaches that better engage and support participation of under-represented communities in clinical research are of wider global interest. We reflect on the recruitment strategy and outcomes within a Kaupapa Māori framework, explore how this can be applied more widely in healthcare, and suggest direction for future study and implementation.
Lay summary
We designed an animated comic to advertise a study for patients with asthma. This was shared locally with a Facebook ad. The approach was highly engaging with the public, and resulted in rapid recruitment. Interestingly, participation of Māori (the Indigenous People of New Zealand) was over five times higher than their proportion in the local population. Māori have poorer health outcomes and increased barriers to healthcare access compared with non-Māori, particularly those with asthma. Approaches which can engage and support under-represented communities to participate in clinical research are of wider global interest. In this article, we reflect on the recruitment strategy and outcomes, and suggest direction for future study and implementation.
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