Art Gallery

Art of Medicine

Apr 2015

Drawing Autism: Showcasing the Artistic Talents of People with Autism

Jill Mullin, MA, MSEd

AMA J Ethics. 2015;17(4):359-361. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.4.imhl1-1504.

Art of Medicine

Aug 2014

Tangles: An Illness Narrative in Graphic Form

Sarah Leavitt

Comics allowed me to convey multiple layers of a single experience. With both text and image at my disposal, I could use one to enhance the other or create contradictions and juxtapositions that were jarring or darkly humorous.

Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(8):652-655. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.8.imhl1-1408.

Art of Medicine

Mar 2014

The Hanging Medical Student: Sacrifice and Authority in Medical Education

Tripp Leavitt

Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(3):210-216. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.3.imhl1-1403.

Art of Medicine

Aug 2013

Images in Cigarette Warning Labels: How Should They Warn?

James F. Thrasher, PhD, Amira Osman, MPH, and Dien Anshari, MS

Virtual Mentor. 2013;15(8):704-712. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.8.imhl1-1308.

Art of Medicine

Jun 2013

Medical Hierarchy and Medical Garb

Daniella M. Schocken, Aliye Runyan, MD, Anna Willieme, MFS, and Jason Wilson, MD

Distinctions in garb worn by health care professionals have their drawbacks, to the degree that reinforcing the differences between team members can reinforce rigid role divisions and hierarchical inequities that undermine teamwork.

Virtual Mentor. 2013;13(6):538-543. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.6.imhl1-1306.

Art of Medicine

May 2013

Pain and the Paintbrush: The Life and Art of Frida Kahlo

Fernando Antelo, MD

In the iconic painting Broken Column, Kahlo represents her spine as a Greek column that is fractured and disintegrating. In this beautiful and tragic interpretation, the fractured column bespeaks Kahlo’s physical weakness and emotional instability.

Virtual Mentor. 2013;15(5):460-465. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.5.imhl1-1305.