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    A Novel Graphic Medicine Curriculum for Resident Physicians: Boosting Empathy and Communication through Comics
    with Lara K. Ronan
    Journal of Medical Humanities 41 (4): 573-578. 2020.
    Curricular design that addresses residency physician competencies in communication skills and professionalism remains a challenge. Graphic Medicine uses comics, a medium combining text and images, to communicate healthcare concepts. Narrative Medicine, in undergraduate medical education, has limited reported usage in Graduate Medical Education. Given the time constraints and intensity of GME, we hypothesized that comics as a form of narrative medicine would be an efficient medium to engage resid…Read more
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    Creativity in Medical Education: The Value of Having Medical Students Make Stuff
    with Michael J. Green, Kimberly Myers, Katie Watson, Dan Shapiro, and Stephanie Draus
    Journal of Medical Humanities 37 (4): 475-483. 2016.
    What is the value of having medical students engage in creative production as part of their learning? Creating something new requires medical students to take risks and even to fail--something they tend to be neither accustomed to nor comfortable with doing. “Making stuff” can help students prepare for such failures in a controlled environment that doesn’t threaten their professional identities. Furthermore, doing so can facilitate students becoming resilient and creative problem-solvers who str…Read more
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    Hospice Comics: Representations of Patient and Family Experience of Illness and Death in Graphic Novels
    with Michelle N. Huang
    Journal of Medical Humanities 38 (2): 95-113. 2017.
    Non-fiction graphic novels about illness and death created by patients and their loved ones have much to teach all readers. However, the bond of empathy made possible in the comic form may have special lessons for healthcare providers who read these texts and are open to the insights they provide.