Pre-session
Please collect a minimum (more if you like!) of three images from newspapers/ magazines/ journals which relate to medicine and you would not mind using in a collage (other images will be sent to you).
Resources
Please have a look at this webpage - https://annabukliewer.com
Please have a look at this webpage - https://lsimpsonstudio.com/collages
Please have a look at this webpage - https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/john-stezaker-2000
Hugh will run two sessions, Cara will join Hugh for the first session -
The first will focus on the visual arts, specifically collage, something Hugh first explored with students during Covid restrictions. Students will be introduced to collage as an art form, getting stuck in straight away with some easy-to-follow steps. The session will then move on to use collage to explore the experience of being a medical undergraduate & the unique way each student inhabits this identity. We will finish with an exercise which both explores and supports students own wellbeing. Students will be given the chance to use art to explore their professional/ personal/ educational journey at medical school.
The second session will be in person and use exercises drawn from devised theatre, drama therapy and forum theatre to show students how drama/theatre could help patients. If time the session will also use some of the drama/ theatre techniques to explore the experience of being a medical student. Please wear comfortable clothes, there will be some moving around the room but no performance - don't worry if you weren't a fan of drama at school!
Dr Hugh Grant-Peterkin
Hugh is an older adult liaison psychiatrist with additional training in group therapy. He is also a theatre-maker who trained for two years in devised theatre at LISPA (London International School of Performing Arts), the school has now moved to Berlin - https://www.arthaus.berlin
Cara Verkerk
Cara is a psychotherapist and project leader for Place2Be’s Art Room, with a decade of experience supporting mental health and wellbeing through creativity.
Place2Be is a children’s mental health charity working with pupils, families and staff in UK schools. The Art Room at Place2Be uses art to support children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing. The project makes creative resources and delivers provisions for young people, families, and professionals.
Cara trains professionals in this approach with Place2Be, the University for the Creative Arts, the Anna Freud Centre and University College London.
She also works as a psychodynamic psychotherapist with adults in private practice.