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18/06/2022

Míle Buíochas.

Thank you to everyone who joined us in-person and online for .
We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.

18/06/2022

How would you describe ?

Here's what some of our delegates and speakers had to say...

18/06/2022

Monica Lalanda was our resident cartoonist at .

Her brilliant illustrations beautifully captured the essence of our Festival of Medical Curiosity this weekend.

Check out her brilliant work in this video.

18/06/2022

Storytelling is certainly a running theme here - great to hear such inspiring words from our guests at ! 📖

18/06/2022

AccessMed Ireland is a group of Irish medical students trying to make entry into medicine more accessible.

It was started in March 2021 by a group of housemates in 3rd year of UCD Medicine who decided to run a free webinar on how to get into Medicine after discussing how ridiculously expensive most preparation courses for Medicine were.

One viral Twitter post later with over 300k impressions, a successful event with over 1300 secondary school students and an ever-growing Instagram - we realised this was just the beginning.

Now with a team of over 40 medical students from all over Ireland, we are committed to continuing our work in making entry into Medicine more accessible so that everyone can say .

18/06/2022

The stage is set and we’re ready for Day 2 of .

17/06/2022

Day 1 of

Powerful conversations, art, storytelling and so much more.
We were delighted to see so many of you enjoying our Festival of Medical Curiosity today.

Until tomorrow, bíodh oíche mhaith agaibh, enjoy the evening!

17/06/2022

We are delighted to shine a light on Practitioner Health Matters with Dr Ide Delargy at

Find out more about the services provided by Practitionar Health Matters to medical practitioners : https://practitionerhealth.ie/

17/06/2022

Day 1 of is off to a flying start.

Our brilliant speakers are providing wonderful insights and ideas for our engaged audience in NUI Galway and online.

Thanks to Richard Walshe for the photos, Monica Lalanda for the art work and to our sponsors for their support.

We have lots more to come today and tomorrow at our Festival of Medical Curiosity.

16/06/2022

📣 Last Chance! 📣

You can register for online up to 5PM this evening.

Spread the word. Register Now ⬇️

https://dotmd.ie/register/ #/

We are glad to announce that the next dotMD will take in place June 17th and 18th 2022 at NUI Galway.

16/06/2022

'Suzanne Koven said: “Storytelling matters in medicine in the same way that storytelling matters in life. It’s how human beings communicate. It’s how we make sense of our experience or reality.”'



https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-wellness/2022/06/14/storytelling-matters-in-medicine-in-the-same-way-that-storytelling-matters-in-life/

dotMD, ‘the Electric Picnic of medical conferences’, takes place on June 17th and 18th at NUI Galway

15/06/2022

Just 2 days to go to .

We're looking forward to sharing this year's Festival of Medical Curiosity with you in NUI Galway and online.

Check out the full agenda on our website and on swapcard.

We're delighted to have our resident cartoonist Monica Lalanda joining us this year. We'll be sharing lots of her brilliant creations on social media throughout the conference.

14/06/2022

Are We the Cart or the Horse?
Steven Schlozman and Austin O' Carroll

In this interactive presentation Dr Schlozman , psychiatrist, medical educator and novelist, will address the way film has changed its presentation of health, especially mental health, over the last couple of decades. He will also explore how certain types of film can even help to destigmatise illness. 🎬

14/06/2022

"I think the explosion in medical memoir writing has come about as more and more doctors write to try and make sense of their own lives (and those of their patients) in a world of medicine which is changing rapidly."- Ronan Kavanagh

The Gloss Magazine
https://thegloss.ie/bedside-tales-the-rise-of-the-medi-memoir/

There has been a flurry of memoirs in recent years detailing both the scientific and psychological aspects of the medical profession. Mixing personal history with medicinal history and insights into life on the ward, is the rise of the medi-memoir ultimately about human connection? Two Irish doctors...

13/06/2022

Tommy Tiernan in Conversation with Professor Roger Kneebone .

Professor Kneebone's interview style echoes that of Tommy Tiernan - unscripted, free flowing conversations with little formal preparation - so it will be fascinating to see the tables turned.

This Saturday at .
See the full programme here: https://dotmd.ie/agenda-dotmd-2022/

11/06/2022

Emma Jane Unsworth and Anne Enright will be in Conversation with Dr Nóirín Russell on day 2 of .

You can see the full line-up of speakers and discussions on the dotMD website: https://dotmd.ie/agenda-dotmd-2022/

Artwork by Monica Lalanda

10/06/2022

📚 What book(s) had the greatest impact on your career (so far!) 📚

We're delighted to have Charlie Byrne's Bookshop joining us for . They'll have a host of brilliant books for sale (written by lots of the speakers on stage at this year's conference).

09/06/2022

We'll have 3 brilliant Bedside Stories on day 2 of .

This Medical Story telling will feature Dr Sumi Dunne, Dr John Quin, Dr Rita Doyle.

Check out the full agenda for online now: https://dotmd.ie/agenda-dotmd-2022/