Applied Health Humanities: When the Graphic is the Medicine

Presented by "Comic Nurse" MK Czerwiec

The emerging field of Graphic Medicine (the intersection of the medium of comics and the discourse of health, illness, disability, and caregiving) promises to be of great value to patients, families, and caregivers. In this talk, one of its early practitioners and champions will describe how comics (yes, comics!) can help us to better give and receive care.

1.0 CE Hours

Designed for nurses, nurse practitioners, nurse educators, and all interested health professionals

The talk will be followed by a book signing. Books will be available for sale.

Please register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/applied-health-humanities-when-the-graphic-is-the-medicine-tickets-577813795617

Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Creighton University Health Sciences Continuing Education and CHI Health. Creighton University Health Sciences Continuing Education (HSCE) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the health care team.

MK Czerwiec, RN, MA is a nurse, cartoonist, and educator who uses the medium of comics to reflect on the complexities of illness and caregiving. She is the creator of the graphic memoir Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371, editor of the two-time Eisner Award winning Menopause: A Comic Treatment, and a co-author of Graphic Medicine Manifesto. MK regularly teaches graphic medicine at Northwestern Medical School, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the University of Chicago. See her work at www.comicnurse.com