Since 2007 all first year BM5 medical students have been using literature? creative writing? art??photography? film? drama? history and music to imagine and engage with patients’?diverse perspectives and experiences.
This exhibition brings together students’ work across four years to illustrate the role creativity can play in medical education and clinical practice.
Pieces by the students’ art?teachers and members of patient support groups—Keeping Pace with Pain and The Stroke Association—reflect the relational and synergetic process of learning the science of medicine and understanding human experiences of health and illness.
The exhibition runs from the 12th to the 20th October 2011 in the Hartley Library.?The Level 4 Gallery is open during Library opening hours. Go to www.soton.ac.uk/library/about/ opening for details. Admission is free. Visitors may be asked for proof of identity by Reception staff.
Private view Thursday 13th October – 17.00-19.30 – all welcome.