Stories Not Symptoms: Designing an Interactive Graphic Medicine Exhibition and Event

The exhibit was on display for nearly 4 months in a heavily foot-trafficked area of one of our learning commons. Preliminary analysis show the interactive portion was highly used by students. Some sample panels were drawn about concerns related to mental health, sleep hygiene and insomnia, menstrual health, sexual health, asthma and other respiratory concerns, and transgender health. Since the event and exhibition was such as success, we are exploring ideas to create an anthology of graphic medicine materials created by Virginia Tech students...