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MEDICAL LIBRARIES ASSEMBLE! Engaging hospital staff through graphic medicine Melanie Anderson Jessica Babineau Ashley Farrell Caleb Nault DISCOVER the benefits of using graphic and narrative medicine as a tool for promoting empathy and
Engaging hospital staff through graphic medicine
Melanie Anderson Jessica Babineau Ashley Farrell Caleb Nault
DISCOVER
the benefits of using graphic and narrative medicine as a tool for promoting empathy and compassion.
EXPLORE COLLABORATE
promotional strategies strategies for building more meaningful collections for clients
6 library locations spread across the
Physical collection comprised of medical, nursing, and health related textbooks Digital collection includes databases, e- journals and e-books
Graphic Medicine refers to the use of graphic novels, comics and visual storytelling in medical education and patient care.
Narrative Medicine
"For two decades, literature has been used within medicine as a reflexive tool that attempts to bridge the gap between knowing about a disease and understanding the patient's experience of that disease" (Williams, 2012)
BUILD
Empathy and compassion.
INCREASE
Understanding of the patient experience.
IMPROVE
Health literacy.
ENCOURAGE
Self expression among health professionals and learners.
(Glazer, 2015)
Environmental Scan
AT OTHER HEALTH LIBRARIES
CENTRE FOR ADDICTION & MENTAL HEALTH (CAMH)
100-book collection of primarily graphic novels Focus is on lived experience
(Rodak, 2019)
HARVARD + UMASS
Almost 300-book collection of graphic novels Designed a comic to promote and encourage use of the collection (SEASide Webinar, 2018)
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE (NLM)
Graphic Medicine Initiative Book Club Kits that include 6 copies of a comic, discussion questions, and topic-relevant MedLinePlus info
(NER Graphic Medicine Initative, 2019)
The idea was conceived by the UHN Outreach Committee Inspired by past OLA presentations on graphic medicine Originally envisioned as a graphic medicine only collection 'UHN Reads' contest to get the organization reading books nominated from the collection
Medical Libraries Assemble!
ALIGN WITH STRATEGIC PLANS
UHN Education Library & Information Services
Is anyone else at the institution doing something similar?
Would you like to continue being involved in further stages of the process and/or be kept updated? What should we be including in this collection? Are you currently using health narratives in education or practice? How? How do you see published health narratives fitting into education and practice?
In 2019, UHN Patient Experience launched the Declaration of Patient Values.
Graphic novels! Comics! Poetry! Fiction! Memoir!
Print Graphic novels published 2000-present Creative non-fiction published 1990-present English language Adult reading level Issues, conditions or populations from UHN or in the community area Patient, caregivers or health practitioner perspectives Underrepresented voices
Decide where the special collection will live Pick relevant titles from our existing collection Buy the books!
WHAT WE WANT IS NOT NECESSARILY WHAT EVERYONE ELSE WANTS
Graphic medicine is super interesting! But it's only one piece of the kind of collection
TALK, LISTEN, COLLABORATE
"IF YOU WANT TO MOVE FAST, GO ALONE. IF YOU WANT TO GO FAR, GO TOGETHER."
BE PATIENT WITH THE PROCESS
WE EXPECTED RESISTANCE BUT INSTEAD RECEIVED STRONG SUPPORT
THE IMPORTANCE OF DISCOVERABILITY
Create a space that feels accessible and safe to have book club Create a resource guide for web comics + journals that have personal health narrative spotlights Make it highly searchable in the Virtual Library
THINK/PAIR/SHARE
Think about it on your own Chat with folks at your table about your ideas Share what your table came up with 1. 2. 3.
Question: If you were to create a similar collection, how would you promote it? Dream big!
IN-HOUSE
Designed by us and hosted at different library sites Discussion facilitated by library staff
KITS
Pre-formulated kits that can be loaned to other departments Specifically tailored discussion guides
EVENTS THAT HIGHLIGHT PARTICULAR BOOKS FROM THE COLLECTION
Partner with other departments to plan workshops where staff can learn how to create their own graphic or narrative medicine Solicit relevant material written and/or illustrated by UHN staff to be included in the collection
Create an agreement between GTA health libraries to share their health narratives collection
Connect with other departments to solicit program or promotional ideas to best engage their members in using library services and specifically this collection
What's the best way to measure the success of this initiative?
Works Cited
Glazer, S. (2015). Graphic medicine: comics turn a critical eye on health care. The Hasting Centre Report, 45(3):15-19. NER Graphic Novel Initiative. (2019). National Network of Libraries of Medicine. https://nnlm.gov/ner/graphic-medicine Rodak, T. (2019). Beyond “evidence”: narrative and graphic mental health literature in a clinical collection. Presented at the OLA SuperConference, Toronto, Canada. https://go.aws/3aPWqlI SEASide Webinar. (2018). Getting off the ground with graphic medicine. https://youtu.be/b9BWYRToMEg Williams, I. C. (2012). Graphic medicine: comics as medical narrative. Medical Humanities, 38(1), 21-27.
Melanie Anderson melanie.anderson@uhn.ca Jessica Babineau jessica.babineau@uhn.ca Ashley Farrell ashley.farrell@uhn.ca Caleb Nault caleb.nault@uhn.ca With many thanks to Linda Yang, Mellisha McKenzie, and Monica Dingle