In this fifth podcast episode from our 2024 Ireland Conference, Christopher Dwyer speaks with Maja Milkowska-Shibata, an international health researcher and Polish medical interpreter interested in storytelling and visual thinking. Per Maja’s website, her mission is to make health systems more accessible, equitable, safe, and effective through collaborative research, writing, and art. Links available on the graphic medicine website posting.

Our podcast host, Christopher Dwyer, is a psychology researcher who specializes in the fields of cognition and education, with international expertise in the field of Critical Thinking. He is the author of the book Critical Thinking: Historical Perspectives & Practical Guidelines, published by Cambridge University Press. He authors an ongoing blog for Psychology Today, Thoughts on Thinking.

GMIC would like to thank the 2024 Athlone Graphic Medicine conference team for making the conference and these podcast episodes possible, especially Dr. Dwyer, podcast team chair Laura Rooney Ferris, Trinity College Dublin, and conference organizer Jane Burns. Be sure to check out the conference archive linked above for photos, stories, and more.

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