Hello and welcome to this creative arts SSC. I am looking forward to meeting you all and inviting you into the rich world of arts and medicine and the spaces in between.
This course is a unique opportunity for you as medical students to keep your creative side alive through experiencing arts based health practices. You do not need to have well-developed creative talents just a willingness to engage with and explore the creative process.
Stories of patients engaging the creative process in different ways will be shared. You are invited to learn about the therapeutic value of creative exploration for patients in an experiential way (i.e. you have a go at writing or painting etc) rather than finding out from a textbook or lecture. Your reflection and creative expression may also contribute to your own self-awareness, both personally and professionally. Engaging your imagination in the stories of others might help you in the future as you walk alongside those who are sick and vulnerable. Learning also happens as a group, learning from and with each other as you share your perspectives and experiences.
This course will be run in person as well as with some virtual sessions (see below). For virtual sessions we expect you to turn up with your videos on as this is essential for presence in the group work and kindness and psychological safety for each other. Please can you connect with your laptop if at all possible so that the whole group can see each other and fully engage.
Prof Louise
This placement introduces you to the field of the arts and creative enquiry within the themes of:
human flourishing
person-centred care
By the end of this course you should have:
Explored the interface between the arts and medicine
Experienced different art forms in personal expression
Considered the complexity and interpersonal and cultural dimensions of clinical practice
Explored wellbeing and human flourishing through the arts
You will have the opportunity to respond to created works of others and engage actively in the creative process itself. The art forms used may include writing, drawing/painting, photography, music, performance and clay-work.
Room bookings to follow - likely Garrod or Mile End - face to face for all meetings except Tues 25th and Thurs 27th Feb
Mon 24th Mar 10.30 - 16.00 Intro to creative enquiry and flourishing Louise Younie Garrod 3.03
Tues 25th Mar 12.00 - 14.00 Flourishing with patient artists Zoom Gavin Blench and Natasha Duggan (& LY)
West 26th Mar 11.30 - 13.00 Journalling Elle Tallgren Garrod 2.48
Thurs 27th Mar 10.00 - 12.00 Creative writing Zoom Louise Younie
Fri 28th Mar 9.00 - 11.00 Collage Drawing Creativity Hugh Grant-Peterkin Garrod 2.48
Mon 31st Mar TBC
Tues 1st Apr 14.00 - 16.00 Creative arts and mental health Mile End, Arts 1, RR 2.1 Maria Turri
Weds 2nd Apr 11.00 - 13.00 Pedro Rothstein
Thurs 3rd Apr 14.00 - 16.00 Collage Drawing Creativity Mile End, Arts 1, RR 2.2 Hugh Grant-Peterkin
Fri 4th Apr 10.00 - 12.30 Presentations and wounded healer Louise Younie Garrod 2.48
Deadline for QMPLUS and SSC hand in (send to louise.younie@qmul.ac.uk )
1) Roy Alexander Briggs Primary Care prize
2) Publication Journal of Holistic Healthcare - many student examples in this Flourishing edition https://bhma.org/product/flourishing-in-medical-education/
3) Presentation at SAPC (Society of Academic Primary Care) - national or South East next academic year