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‘To See Oursels’

Insights into the pleasures and predicaments of contemporary clinical practice through artistic works of medical students and patients.

2021 curation

‘O wad some Pow’r the giftie gie us – To see oursels as ithers see us!’ (Burns, 1786)

Disconnected

Group 20
Film

The complexities of remote consultations

When Breath Becomes Air

Group 2
Drawing

A doctor’s transition to becoming a patient

Sleep

Group 15
Painting

Does the doctor take their patients’ challenges home or close this door at the surgery?

Primum non nocere: first do no harm

Group 6
Drawing

Tension between the will to ‘cure’ and treatment impairing the patient’s health

The chair-shaped space

Lauren Laird
Drawing

Triangulating perspectives in GP consultations

The Art of the Patient-Narrative

Padraig Totten
Painting

The challenges of describing physical symptoms verbally

Heart in Your Hands

Charlotte Lyon-Dean
Drawing

The privilege of receiving the patient’s heart and soul

Infertility

Liam Carty-Howe
Film

A GP consultation inspired exploration into the cultural stigma and emotional impact of infertility

To Act in the Best Interests of the Patient

Group 24
Collage

The stressful impact of medical consultations on doctors.

Teflon Man

Mal O’Donnell
Poetry

A patient reflects on his doctor’s delivery of a cancer diagnosis

Hercules

Damien Mony
Drawing

The weight of responsibility in patient-care and maintaining work/life balance

The Appearance of Disease

Lizzie Cain
Poetry

A student visualises patients from their medical notes pre-consultation

Art and Medical Practice

Christopher Waters
Drawing

The ‘whole’ patient as yet unseen – despite specialist investigations

Life-Line

Tom Miller
Drawing

A GP provides timely support to a patient with addiction

A Patient Examination

Alex Fuller
Drawing

Non-dualism in Arts and Science

A message to our future doctors

Heather
Drawing

A patient’s careful observation of her GP before presenting the ‘full picture’

Art in Medicine

Amelia Kerr
Painting

The role of portraiture within healing.

Finding the Pain

Caitlin McDonnell
Prose

Insights from patient drawings bring the impact of clinical consultations to the fore

Real Symptoms

Tehmina Bharucha
Prose

A challenging consultation with a dissatisfied, distraught patient

The Caring Doctor

T Pasvol
Poetry

Black humour around a doctor’s cynical outlook

Disconnected

Disconnected

Group 20
Film

The complexities of remote consultations

Sleep

Sleep

Group 15
Painting

Does the doctor take their patients’ challenges home or close this door at the surgery?

Heart in Your Hands

Heart in Your Hands

Charlotte Lyon-Dean
Drawing

The privilege of receiving the patient’s heart and soul

Infertility

Infertility

Liam Carty-Howe
Film

A GP consultation inspired exploration into the cultural stigma and emotional impact of infertility

Teflon Man

Teflon Man

Mal O’Donnell
Poetry

A patient reflects on his doctor’s delivery of a cancer diagnosis

Hercules

Hercules

Damien Mony
Drawing

The weight of responsibility in patient-care and maintaining work/life balance

The Appearance of Disease

The Appearance of Disease

Lizzie Cain
Poetry

A student visualises patients from their medical notes pre-consultation

Art and Medical Practice

Art and Medical Practice

Christopher Waters
Drawing

The ‘whole’ patient as yet unseen – despite specialist investigations

Life-Line

Life-Line

Tom Miller
Drawing

A GP provides timely support to a patient with addiction

Art in Medicine

Art in Medicine

Amelia Kerr
Painting

The role of portraiture within healing.

Finding the Pain

Finding the Pain

Caitlin McDonnell
Prose

Insights from patient drawings bring the impact of clinical consultations to the fore

Real Symptoms

Real Symptoms

Tehmina Bharucha
Prose

A challenging consultation with a dissatisfied, distraught patient

The Caring Doctor

The Caring Doctor

T Pasvol
Poetry

Black humour around a doctor’s cynical outlook

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