Courses
OOOH!! is woven into the fabric of medical education at Bristol. For many years medical undergraduates had a mandatory assignment known by students as “compulsory creativity”. Students were required to create a work of art, in any conceivable medium, that reflected on medical themes. Some did the least they could to pass but a surprising number surprised themselves and us with works of poignancy and calibre.
We have reflected on our experience with OOOH!! in two journal articles:
Artworks
We haven’t got complete records for all artworks, in particular the year of submission for the earliest contributions. The most common course to contribute was “Whole Person Care” which ran from 2002 to 2017. Students subsequently submitted creative pieces in response to their “GP Attachments”. More recent courses include “Foundations of Medicine” and “Y2 Effective Consulting”.
The intercalated B.A. in Medical Humanities, student electives focusing on Poetry, Creative Arts for Health and Anatomical Drawing, plus the Disability Disadvantage and Diversity theme also embed creative practices.
OOOH!! Search & Filter
Use the OOOH!! filter system below to locate all the works dealing with a particular course. The dropdown list “Courses” will reveal all. You can then narrow your search by choosing additional dropdown categories such as Art Forms and Specialties.
Courses
We have reflected on our experience with OOOH!! in two journal articles:
‘Compulsory creativity’: rationales, recipes, and results in the placement of mandatory creative endeavour in a medical undergraduate curriculum
Out of Our Heads! Four perspectives on the curation of an on-line exhibition of medically themed artwork by UK medical undergraduates.
We haven’t got complete records for all artworks, in particular the year of submission for the earliest contributions. The most common course to contribute was “Whole Person Care” which ran from 2002 to 2017. Students subsequently submitted creative pieces in response to their “GP Attachments”. More recent courses include “Foundations of Medicine” and “Y2 Effective Consulting”.
The intercalated B.A. in Medical Humanities, student electives focusing on Poetry, Creative Arts for Health and Anatomical Drawing, plus the Disability Disadvantage and Diversity theme also embed creative practices.
OOOH!! Search & Filter
Use the OOOH!! filter system below to locate all the works in OOOH!! which use a particular medium. The dropdown list “Perspectives” will reveal all. You can then narrow your search by choosing additional dropdown categories such as Art Forms and Diagnoses.
The experience of being a first-year during co-vid
Questions around self-identity, community and educational expectations triggered by the Pandemic
Tension
Challenges to learning and wellbeing in the pandemic gives rise to an unexpected creative resource
A surprisingly memorable online consultation
A patient’s spontaneous response makes a student’s day
From a Distance
The tight-rope of students’ maintaining wellbeing and mental health across the Pandemic
Chamomile: patience in adversity
A vaccination clinic nurtures hope and light
Abdominal Portaiture
Intestinal sculptures reveal unique medical narratives
My Body – My Decision?
Women’s rights and life-changing medical interventions
Accessibility Issues: turning the tables
Barriers to basic, everyday-life
Pillow Talk
Improvisation in remote medical education
Mental Health in Medical Students
Renewed respect for the capacity of the brain under pressure
One step at a time
Managing the steep hill of study in lockdown
Loving a missing lover
The emotional toll of grieving whilst caring for a life-partner
Imposter Syndrome
Underlying student anxieties starkly surfaced by the Pandemic
What’s in front of you
Visceral encounters in the DR
Homelessness – an inside view
Healthcare perspectives around Homelessness
Chalk and Cheese
Individual difference in processing immediate experience
Tackling Menstruation Stigma
‘Natural’ bodily functions and Taboos
Conscious
A rare medical incident highlights the role of care within surgical intervention
The Beginning
A unique documentation of the Pandemic trajectory and legacy
Desk Day
Medical Education in lockdown
Virtual Fog
Reflections around the impact of Covid-19 on medical education reveals a surprising outcome.
Disconnected
The complexities of remote consultations
Beneath the Dura Mater
The balancing act of self-care and caring for others viewed from both physiological and psychological perspectives.
Beyond the patient – Little Girl’s Lullaby
Hearing and being cherished, both life-lines for a spirited young girl with multiple medical challenges, inspired a remarkable composition
The Fabric of Being Human
Learning alongside recovering amputees causes the artist to question the fundamentals of traditional embodiment
The Shadowed Carer
The huge contribution of home-carers to society and their well-being is highlighted during a GP consultation
Understanding the True Burden
Strong bonds of family love sustaining a mother living with a chronic and acute ill-health are explored through voice, music and movement
Reflecting on Grief
Recent family bereavement leads this artist to deeply process her hard-won philosophy around life and death – and that of patients
Giving and Receiving
Donorship – a circle of trust within medical education
The Role of Technology in Healthcare
When faced with the choice between traditional healthcare professionals and new artificial intelligence – who would you trust to be in charge of your care?
Hospital: A Living Architecture
Appreciation of hospital care by a close relative causes a student to consider this holistic clinical community
To be true to one another in the good times and in bad…
Hearts connect to maintain the pulse of recovery
The complex mind
A myriad of challenges to individualised, holistic care surface once mental stability is compromised
Curiosity
A student’s insight into the sensitive dialogue within consultation places due weight on the gifts of genuine authentic connection in healthcare
Organ Manufacture
Questions around the ethics of new technologies and a culture of throw-away organs
When Breath Becomes Air
A doctor’s transition to becoming a patient
A Bitter Pill
Young male suicide statistics triggered this joint exploration into the need for adequate support-systems to be in place – before crisis-points are reached
Love is Blinding: saving newborns’ sight
Global attitudes to sexual health under the microscope
Sleep
Does the doctor take their patients’ challenges home or close this door at the surgery?
Human to Human
The in-the-moment challenges of juggling clinical and individual readings of a patient whilst developing clinical insights and consultation skills
Can They Feel The Change?
A haiku about anxiety in the current coronavirus pandemic
The Hand
Disembodiment following a stroke and the patient’s physical and emotional journey to recovery sensitively recorded and interpreted