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@ Brunel University
March 2015
Surfacing
abuse, neglect and disrespect
in Obstetrics
What about student learning?
Veronica Mitchell
B Sc (Physio) M Phil (HES)
Health Sciences Faculty
University of Cape Town / University of the Western Cape
South Africa
education through the lens of social justice
ought to confront
the real-life issues of societal injustice rather than be designed
to provide
“medical students with uncontroversial
and politically neutral clinical skills”
Coria, A., Mc Kelvey, G., Charlton, P., Woodworth, M., & Lahey, T. 2013. The design of medical school social justice curriculum. Academic Medicine, 88(10).
Teaching
Me & my Dilemmas: Promoting a culture of conversation in exploring the boundary lines
“That everyone feels the same and it has
happened for years – yet it all continues!!
Feels like a lost cause”
The hierarchy is powerful!
“ So many (if not ALL of us!) have experienced human rights injustices, yet few have made
reports.
2010 Students
Classroom activity
A creative and
powerful way to
express things that
may be difficult to
explain in words.
helped reflect my
thoughts in a
visual way
a great way to
expose inner-
underlying
subconscious
thoughts
Jewitt,C & Oyama,R. 2001. Visual Meaning: A social semiotic approach. In (eds.) T. van Leeuwen & Jewitt, Handbook of visual analysis. London: SAGE.
Social semiotics of visual communication
“ involves the description of semiotic resources,
what can be said and done with images
(and other visual means of communication)
and how the things people
say and do with images can be
interpreted
Emergence of self
What are
the drawings
doing
for us?
How do
we best
analyse these
data?
What
meanings do
we draw
from this
tool?
My inquiry
Email communication
Gratitude by the students
that
• their experiences
taken seriously
• Voices heard
!