Graphic Medicine

Graphic Medicine is a site that explores the interaction between the medium of comics and the discourse of healthcare. It is a community of academics, health carers, authors, artists, and fans of comics and medicine. The site is maintained by an editorial team under the direction of the Graphic Medicine International Collective.

An online exhibit from the National Library of Medicine, informative and visually appealing.

2018 AMA Journal of Ethics editorial on the growing popularity and unique abilities of graphic medicine.

The Network of the National Library of Medicine provides conference presentation videos along with resources for using graphic medicine in the community.

A sister site to Graphic Medicine, for Spanish readers. El papel de los cómics, las novelas gráficas y las ilustraciones en el mundo sanitario.

From University of Washington Traumatic Brain Injury Model System. Explores and explains why the visual medium is an ideal form of communicating and absorbing information.

"Comics tell stories in visually appealing ways and communicate embodied experiences beyond the individual."

We believe that graphic stories have an important role in patient care, medical education, and the social critique of the medical profession. What follows is an introduction to graphic stories, with some
examples of what they are, how and why they work, and how they can enhance teaching and patient care.

Rarely are patients and physicians exposed to these instructions as colearners. The evidence for the utility of graphic stories, comics, and cartoons to improve patient comprehension and self-regulation is small but encouraging. The authors describe the use of graphic medicine as a teaching tool for engendering empathy from both the physician and the patient for the other during a shared clinical encounter. This use of educational comics in a colearning experience represents a new use of the medium as a teaching tool.

The mental illness narratives in graphic medicine navigate us through the experience of the patients and caregivers and complement the clinical perspective. These illness narratives showcase distinct challenges the patients face through the various phases such as diagnosis and treatment, including medication and institutionalisation.

The Graphic Medicine Review publishes scholarly works relevant to both the comics medium (aka comic books, graphic novels, manga, bande dessinée, etc.) and healthcare, medicine, wellness, patient experience, and public health policy. GMR is an open-access resource primarily produced in English but international in scope and concerns.

In addition to offer articles on graphic medicine, JAMA has posted a yearly "Best of Graphic Medicine" acknowledgment since 2016.

CMAJ has been publishing graphic medicine articles in its Humanities section since 2018.