Pre Conference Workshops

(July 16th 2024) – In Person

Please note all workshops are at the same time. It is only possible to attend one workshop per person.

·         Note these workshops require a separate registration fee than the conference (you can register for the conference and the workshops at concurrent times)

·         Workshop Spaces are limited

·         Tea/Coffee & Biscuits are included in the registration price

·         Relevant CPD has been applied for each of the Workshops

·        Workshops times are varied- please see times and venues listed below

Workshop Themes & Prices

Developing Graphic Medicine Collection- Workshop Leader: Matthew Noe (https://library.harvard.edu/staff/matthew-noe)

Delivered in Collaboration with RCSI University of Medicine & Health Sciences and Health Sciences Libraries Group

Target Group: All Librarians interested in Health & Comics - Registration €50/per delegate

Workshop Description: In the nearly two-decades since Ian Williams coined the term graphic medicine, the field has emerged as an important opportunity for health sciences librarianship. Where before comics were nonexistent or rare in health sciences libraries, limited only to those historical collections or the occasional consumer health collection, now they represent perhaps the largest area of growth for physical collections we’ve seen since the emergence of large digital collections. Development of these collections can reignite appreciation for the value of the physical library collection and space at a time when pressure to reduce our footprint has never been higher.

This workshop will provide both a base knowledge of graphic medicine collection development and an opportunity to begin work on a proposal for developing a collection for each participant’s home library. Workshop leader Matthew Noe will share some of the history of graphic medicine, the role of comics in libraries, and his experiences in creating multiple localized comics collections. From there, an outline of how to approach proposing, beginning, and sustaining a graphic medicine collection in library settings will be offered – first via a presentation and then, in the second half of the workshop, in a hands-on program. This hands-on element is designed to give participants a chance to answer key questions for their own proposal in a setting where they can get peer review and expert advise prior to presenting it to their library leadership.

Participants should come prepared to engage in conversation, in project planning, and in a few, low-stress, drawing activities – because if we are going to encourage our health sciences students and practitioners to draw, we have to be willing to as well. This workshop will be of highest value to those who are new to graphic medicine collecting, however, those who have already begun will still benefit from learning together with peers, an expert, and from the chance to work on their future planning.

Venue: RCSI University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Dublin 2

Start time: 10:00 - 10:45 Registration & Tea/Coffee, RCSI 26 York Street

 10:45 - 13:00 Workshop (includes time to move the group to the training location), RCSI Mercer Building (10 minute walk from York Street)

Comics as a Way of thinking – Workshop Leader: Nick Sousanis (https://spinweaveandcut.com/)

Target Group: Technological Educationalists, Educationalists, Anyone interested in Visualisation of Complex ideas. – Registration €50 /per delegate

Workshop: Comics as a Way of Thinking -

Join Nick Sousanis, comics author and comics-teaching professor, for an interactive workshop that explores through comics as a way of thinking, and ways that working in comics can enrich your own critical practice. Through a series of individual and collaborative improvisational and playful comics-making exercises, participants will quickly get up to speed on the affordances of comics and gain confidence in working in the form, and close out the workshop with developing comics as research presentation in their own field. 

Supported by Co-Workshop Leaders Dr. Niall Seery & Deaglan Campbell (TUS) & TERG.ie who bring the Technological Education Perspective to the workshop.

Graphic Medicine for Healthcare Professionals- Workshop Co-Leaders: Dr. Ian Williams (http://ian-williams.co.uk/)  & Dr.Muna Al-Jawad (Senior lecturer in Medical Education, Lead for Curriculum Development. Consultant in Geriatric Medicine, UHS (East)

Target Group: Healthcare Professionals. – Registration €175/per delegate

 Full Day Workshop

·         Note this workshop requires a separate registration fee than the conference (you can register for them at the same time)

·         Workshop Spaces are limited

·         Lunch is included in the registration price

·         Relevant CPD has been applied

·       This workshop is a full day

Target Group: Healthcare Professionals. – Registration €175/per delegate

 Full Day Workshop

Note this workshop requires a separate registration fee than the conference (you can register for them at the same time)

Workshop Spaces are limited

Lunch is included in the registration price

Relevant CPD has been applied for

This workshop is a full day-See program below

Target Group: Healthcare Professionals. – Registration €175/per delegate

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Schedule

10:00 Registration

10:15-10:30 Welcome and introductions

10:30 – 11:15 Introduction to graphic medicine for health professionals.

Why should we be reading and making comics?

-Overview of applications of comics

-Graphic novels in medical libraries

-Comic strips in medical journals.

11:15- 11:30 break

11.30 – 12:30 5 We are the keynote speakers! Portrait comics to connect with others.

12.30- 13:00 Using comics to change practice – reflection, education and activism

13:00- 14:00 lunch - provided

14.00-14:30 Comics-based research

14.30 – 15:00 Character development exercise.

15:00- 15:15 break

15.15- 15:30 guided visualisation exercise

15.35 -17.00 making your comic

17.00 pm final words and close

Please note online payments can only be made with Visa or Mastercard. If there are any issues with payment please reach out to events@conferenceorganisers.ie.