Books and Reviews
This
year comes to a close on a note of celebration and thanks as I reflect on activities at IJCAIP
Journal. Work has largely been devoted to our new book, Creative Arts in Humane Medicine, Brush
Education, distributed by University of Toronto Press. Creative
Arts in Humane Medicine has been created as a resource book for medical
educators, practitioners and students who wish to learn how the arts can
contribute toward a more caring and empathic approach to medicine. Physician wellness is also an important topic
as we examine the many ways the arts can play a role in addressing the health
needs of physicians and other allied health professionals. This book
is available now for ordering in hard copy or ebook formats at the Brush
Education website.
In
editing this book I have been privileged
to work with international leaders and innovators in the field of arts and
medicine, physicians and medical educators, researchers, allied health
professionals and internationally renowned artists. In my association with Brush
Education I have been fortunate over
this year to collaborate with some of the best editors in the Canadian
publishing industry.
My thanks also extends to those IJCAIP Journal subscribers who reviewed our book:
"Some have said
that medicine, rather than being a science, is really an interactive process.
It is informed by science but also dependent on psychology, sociology, philosophy,
law and human creativity. McLean’s book should be a must read for those
responsible for medical education...so that in the end the human connection
between healers and those they heal is enhanced."
Michael Gordon MD, MSc, FRCPC -- Medical Program Director,
Palliative Care, Baycrest Geriatric Health Care System; Professor of Medicine,
University of Toronto
"Creative Arts in
Humane Medicine takes us on a
fascinating journey to meet the educators, clinicians, support workers and
artists who apply arts-based methods in innovative ways to enhance patient
care, reflexivity in learners and a sense of community, and well-being in
practitioners. The book stands out with an emphasis on multiple media (theater,
music, visual and digital imagery, literature and reflective writing), as well
as the inclusion of international and interprofessional perspectives."
Allan D. Peterkin, MD, FRCPC, FCFP -- Head, Health, Arts and
Humanities Program and Humanities Lead, Undergraduate Medical Education,
University of Toronto
"Creative Arts
in Humane Medicine is a fascinating collection of essays that
evocatively illustrates the importance of literature, music, photography, and
art in facilitating self-care and awareness among health care providers,
training empathetic physicians, and improving patient care."
Martin Donohoe, MD, FACP -- Author of Public Health and Social
Justice (2013)
"Through a
collage of creative arts methods and messages, these authors illuminate the
essence of the “human story of health care” as loving, healing and humanly
embodied—an essential message in an era of highly institutionalized technical
health care. A must read for academics, researchers, clinicians, and students
interested in creative healing arts, narrative health and humane medicine, or
for anyone interested in the application of reflection and curiosity, creative
expression and arts-based methods to the field of healthcare."
Sue MacRae -- Registered Nurse, Clinical
Ethicist, Psychotherapist
International
Inroads, Medical Education
We have
made important new inroads
internationally around our common interests in the creative arts and medicine. I
had a special opportunity to present for
the American Medical Students'
Association AMSA as part of their Medical Humanities Scholars' program. Aliye
Runyan MD, Education and Research Fellow for AMSA, has written the forward for
our book Creative Arts in Humane Medicine. She writes, "AMSA believes it is paramount that the
physician not only be a scientist but a humanist, a communicator and an advocate."
Keynotes/Medicine
I will
be presenting a keynote, March 2014, in
Banff for The Alberta Psychiatric
Association conference, "Challenges
of Change for our Patients and our Profession" ...the talk, "Living Stories for Hope and Change" will examine how the creative arts, lived and
embodied through drama and story, can lead to personal discovery, healing and
change for the practitioner. A breakout
session will follow with an active group opportunity to embody, remember, write
and perform a " living story"/narrative. More keynote information
here:
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links, articles and videos related to the topic of arts and medicine.
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our books and journals...
After
eight years, our journey continues and I want to thank our many subscribers who
have supported us at IJCAIP....a vital web based academic and professional community with
common interests in the creative arts in interdisciplinary research, education
and practice. Please feel free to
contact me, your feedback or comments would be most welcomed.
Respectfully,
Editor
CAIP Research Series, CherylMcLean@ijcaip.com
