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What is the COM Artists Group? But why join and participate in an Artists’ group while in medical school? Everywhere! Medicine is both a science and an art!

As an outgrowth of the former COM Chamber Music Group, the COM Artists Group seeks to provide student led therapeutic art activities within the clinical setting, as well as enriching art related programming for our peers. Oxford American Dictionary defines art as “the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination.” We think that’s a pretty good starting point. Where does expression of creative skill fit in with the practice of medicine? Would you explain a treatment to a pediatric patient the same way you would to a 55 yr old patient? How will you respond and provide the highest quality of patient care to a patient with a strong distrust of physicians and who places a high value on alternative medical therapies? Have you noticed that your classmates, your faculty, and patient population do not all share the same gender, race, age, religion, and cultural background as you? Appropriately explaining medical concepts to both pediatric and adult patients requires the physician to have an appreciation of varying perspectives and how to best elicit understanding and appropriate behavior given how that patient experiences her world. Displaying familiarity with other medical practices can both engender patient trust and better inform the physician of how to treat her patient. And don’t forget that being part of a diverse community affords you the opportunity to learn and experience practices outside your norm. The UIC COM Artists Group seeks to create an environment where students are both motivated and free to learn about the world of human expression; where students are encouraged to apply their creativity in various media, with each other, with faculty and staff, with patients, and with the community; and most importantly, where students can have fun and take a break from traditional medical school curricula.

07/24/2019

Hi all! Trying to spread the word about this to make sure everyone has a chance to share their thoughts about the USMLE system :) Check it out if you haven't yet!

The United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) assesses a physician's ability to apply knowledge, concepts, and principles, and to demonstrate fundamental patient-centered skills, that are important in health and disease.

09/11/2017

The UIC College of Medicine students came out to showcase their amazing talent on September 8 at Bar 10 Doors!
Photography by the ALSO talented Vincent Lee. See his website for the full set of photos: https://vleepics.pixieset.com/

08/24/2017

Ahead of the upcoming UIC CoM talent show on September 18, here are photos from the 2016 talent show!! Thanks to Andrew Kuang for capturing these moments.

03/25/2017

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/03/medical-humanities/520623/

How “graphic medicine” is helping some students survive the bottom of the hospital pecking order

03/01/2017

The deadline to be the next StudioAMWA's Artist in Residence
is March 3rd!!!

The Artist in Residence Award was started in 2015 by Studio AMWA to promote women members in the arts. The role of the artist in residence is to create an artistic project that is pertinent to AMWA and women in medicine. This art will then be displayed (or performed) at the following year’s annual meeting.

This application is open to all member artists including painters, visual artists, sculptors, poets, writers, musicians, filmmakers, dancers, designers, comedians, puppeteers, tailors, or any other art form.

Please submit the following to studioamwa@amwa-doc.org:
-Letter of intent (pdf)
-Resume (pdf)
-Artist statement (400 word limit – pdf)
-4-5 images/ video of your art

Visit website for more information:
https://www.amwa-doc.org/studioamwa/artist-in-residence/

01/30/2017

We are so very excited to reveal this year's edition of Body Electric, our medical student-edited literary arts journal!

Click here to read: https://joom.ag/YlaW

Body Electric is a medical student-edited literary arts journal from the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago.

01/11/2017

Save the date for this year's Joseph S. Begando lecture!

What: Just Medicine: A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health Care
When: Thursday, 02/23/2017 at 4pm
Where: Moss Auditorium

01/10/2017

12/23/2016

Art can help physicians become more thoughtful and meticulous observers — a skill that lays the foundation for good medicine.

12/22/2016

Body Electric, the College of Medicine Literary Arts Journal, is now accepting submissions!!!

1.) Email uiccomartists@gmail.com with your work attached:
-poetry (1 page max)
-reflective pieces (2-3 pages max)
-photography
-art/sketches/paintings
2.) Use Times New Roman 12 for written pieces
3.) Title your attachment the same as your piece
4.) In the email heading, put your name and year (e.g. Victor Macrinici M2)

Please submit by December 31st!

11/02/2016

HEKTOEN INTERNATIONAL: A journal of medical humanities

We invite you to participate in the Fifth Hektoen Essay Competition! The Hektoen Grand Prix will be for an article of no more than 1600 words and the winner will receive $1,600. A second prize of $600 will be awarded for a Hektoen Brief of no more than 600 words. Please view the competition guidelines for further details.

Competition guidelines Fifth Hektoen Grand Prix Essay Competition We invite youto participate in the Fifth Hektoen Essay Competition and submit your contribution by February 1, 2017. There will be two prizes. The Hektoen Grand Prix will be for an article of no more than 1600 words and the winner

09/29/2016

Study break! COM Artists had a fantastic time making ceramics at Firehouse Art Studio tonight!

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