Differing Ways of Seeing: what medical humanities can offer

Differing Ways of Seeing: what medical humanities was an evening of performance and discussion to celebrate humanities in healthcare education, organised by The Scottish Medical Humanities. The Scottish Medical Humanities project aims to enrich the experience of healthcare practitioners, students and trainees and the event was supported by the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and the Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland. The event was held at St. Cecilia's Hall, on 28 June 2018 and featured an extract of Eidolon, performed by Maggy Sinding. The event also featured: Q&A with author-GP Gavin Francis, and a reading from his new book Shapeshifters: on medicine and human change, a rehearsed reading from Variant, the new play by Peter Arnott, directed by Zinnie Harris, an art exhibition by students of Aberdeen Medical School's Fine Art in Medicine course and readings from online project Poems for Doctors.