Advocate!

Advocate!

Can the arts help the medical profession to treat patients with hard to see conditions, & hard to understand experiences, more effectively? An exhibition curated by students on the intercalated BA in Medical Humanities at the University of Bristol.

Proud Flesh

Proud Flesh

Considering Bodies — bodies broken, bodies mended, and bodies as seen by others. An Exhibition of Creative Pieces by third-year students on the Intercalated BA in Medical Humanities at the University of Bristol.

Bestselling author, Lucy Jones — Why Our Minds Need The Wild

Bestselling author, Lucy Jones — Why Our Minds Need The Wild

Today many of us live indoor lives – but what happens when we lose our bond with the natural world? Lucy, author of Why Our Minds Need The Wild, talks about the scientific evidence emerging to confirm nature’s place at the heart of our psychological wellbeing.

Social Prescribing – What is it? Where is it?

Social Prescribing – What is it? Where is it?

The NHS wants to work with local community groups for a more holistic approach to health. How’s it going to do that? How can you get involved? Discussion with GPs, social prescribing link workers, project leaders, authors, and participants.

Social Prescribing – What is it? Where is it?

Healing the Divide Between Medicine & the Humanities: iBAMH Exhibition

The return of the Medical Humanities students’ end-of-year exhibition after a gap of two years, celebrating the students’ creative pieces, & their reflections on the year passed. This year’s theme is ‘Healing the Divide between Medicine and the Humanities’. Includes best selling authors, panels on social prescribing, a piece for the Wall by WERMER.

Dr Alan Kellas Talk & Exhibition Response

Dr Alan Kellas Talk & Exhibition Response

Alan Kellas spent over 20 years as psychiatrist working within the NHS, predominantly in community psychiatry for people with learning disabilities in the Avon area. Over the last few years Alan became interested in the theory and practice of ecopsychologies and...
Touch: Perspectives from the Medical Humanities

Touch: Perspectives from the Medical Humanities

1. Of all the human senses, touch is the one that is often taken for granted. Unlike the other senses, however, it is one that is very rarely lost. This makes it one of the most robust and reliable interactions that humans can have with the outside world. Touch has a...
Intention

Intention

An Exhibition of Creative Pieces by students on the Intercalated BA in Medical Humanities at the University of Bristol Saturday, 2nd June Peoples Republic of Stokes Croft Space, Jamaica Street 10.30 am to 5 pm Each year the University of Bristol offers medical...