Invited Inspirator: Dr. Andrew Seal
I am honored and delighted to be contributing to Arts in Medicine this month with a personal perspective on how the arts have always been a vital part of my life from my student days and throughout my surgical career. My love for the arts began at a very young age, whether it was painting, […]
Break me down, then build me up – a reflection of radiation therapy effects on person and mind.
This piece portrays an imagined screenshot from a radiation planning program, including dosimetry lines and markers targeted toward a central brain tumour. The dissolving and crumbling pixels are meant as an interpretation of radiation effects on person and mind. Sophisticated physics and software allow for precise targeting of radiation towards an area of interest, with the intent […]
Invited Inspirator: Dr. Carol Ann Courneya
I am honoured to provide you with an Art Inspiration Injection for October. I just returned from attending the “Summer Course in Medical Humanities” in Padua Italy. First point to share… you are NEVER too old to be a student. Our mornings were spent in lectures given by Art/History/Medical Scholars and during the afternoons we […]
Portrait practice
Thank you for providing a platform for us to share our artwork! Here’s a practice piece I completed last week in Photoshop.
September Inspiration Injection
First of all, a big welcome to the Class of 2019! It seems only moments ago I was where you are now, excited to finally start learning medicine, but finding I’m being overwhelmed by forms and paper work and club promotions etc. etc. Well joy! Another club promotion to add to the list! But fear not, this […]
New: Lucid Book Club by UBC Psychiatry
Check out Lucid, an Arts in Medicine sponsored club, hosted by UBC Psychiatry. Their next book club meeting is Sep. 22, 2015 discussing All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews. Click the link to find out more, even details are also listed under ‘events’ on the AiM home page About Lucid The establishment of this […]
the left PCA
a clot lodges for the night in the motel sitting on the edge of the freeway: infarct in the underbelly. they pack away the books, drop them in the blue Donation bins in front of the 7/11; she becomes that famous author who couldn’t read.
The Fridge
A painting of a boy looking into a fridge that I did while thinking about child malnutrition. It makes me really sad that there are so many children living in poverty in our province, who face hunger and poor nutrition (see http://still1in5.ca/). I love that in medicine we have the opportunity to advocate for and invest in the young people in […]
The Hughes family is pregnant aka. how I used my PBL paper
Over the semester, puzzling my 4 perennial classmates, I have been collecting the separator sheets that come with the tutors’ packages. That and PBL cover sheets. In case you haven’t noticed, a colour-lover has been in charge of printing and has been feeding us a lovely array of hues. Well, I finally collected enough and went out today […]
Spring Living
Yesterday I disengaged from reviewing those engrossing Brain and Behaviour lectures for the fifth time and left for a stroll in Burnaby’s beautiful Central Park. My first surprise was the sunshine and the foreign feeling of warmth. But my greatest excitement came from finding in the park a frenzy of life. Amid the exploding flora, […]
May Inspiration Injection
Congratulations to the medical student artists from around the country showcasing their work at this year’s White Coat Warm Art exhibit at the CCME. The room resonated with creativity, reflection, and personal stories told through art. A theme throughout was how art can act as an outlet out of medicine, but also as a means […]
2015 Writing Competition – First Place
The 2nd annual UBC Medicine Art As Adjuvant Writing Competition concluded this year with the reading of the winning pieces at the Coffee House on April 8. Dr. Monica Kidd, a Calgary-based published author and doc, and Kristy Williams, UBC Med grad 2014 and co-founder of Arts As Adjuvant, took on the difficult task of […]
2015 Writing Competition – Third place #1
The 2nd annual UBC Medicine Art As Adjuvant Writing Competition concluded this year with the reading of the winning pieces at the Coffee House on April 8. Dr. Monica Kidd, a Calgary-based published author and doc, and Kristy Williams, UBC Med grad 2014 and co-founder of Arts As Adjuvant, took on the difficult task of […]
2015 Writing Competition – Third Place #2
The 2nd annual UBC Medicine Art As Adjuvant Writing Competition concluded this year with the reading of the winning pieces at the Coffee House on April 8. Dr. Monica Kidd, a Calgary-based published author and doc, and Kristy Williams, UBC Med grad 2014 and co-founder of Arts As Adjuvant, took on the difficult task of […]
2015 Writing Competition – Second Place
The 2nd annual UBC Medicine Art As Adjuvant Writing Competition concluded this year with the reading of the winning pieces at the Coffee House on April 8. Dr. Monica Kidd, a Calgary-based published author and doc, and Kristy Williams, UBC Med grad 2014 and co-founder of Arts As Adjuvant, took on the difficult task of […]
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A thought on the Arts at UBC Medicine
I was fortunate to have $20 to get into the 21st Spring Gala yesterday night. Amidst all the wonderfully cheeky, geeky humour, the buzzword during the show was, undoubtedly, talent. I suspect that the word “talent” would have been use with the same frequency even if all the acts had bombed. Happily, all acts left the stage unscathed – […]