2017 Spring Summit Reflection with Links On Friday, Apr. 28, 2017, the Survive & Thrive conference/experience hosted five completely online presentations. These sessions took place in Adobe Connect presentation rooms, where leaders could share slides and links while connecting with attendees using chat, microphone, and/or video. All sessions were free and open to the public, and all sessions were recorded for later viewing. Please see the summaries of sessions below with links to recordings. Note that all of the links on the screen within each recording can be clicked on to open any web link shared on the presentation slides or in the chat pod. We kindly ask that anyone who views a recorded session please share feedback on the Summit survey linked here: http://goo.gl/forms/19CGx5NA44 1. Summit Welcome/Cyborg Survival Led by Molly Wright & Rex Veeder URL to watch recording: http://bit.ly/2pGLyT0 This kickoff presentation features an introduction to the Survive and Thrive Online Spring Summit, including previews of the day's
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presentations and an update on the current state of Digital Medical Humanities. Professor Rex Veeder shares about his latest survival through cyborg existence with a Left Ventricular Assist Device. 2. Share It With the World: the humanizing power of infographics in the
medical humanities classroom. Led by Allison Walker, Highpoint University URL to watch recording: http://bit.ly/2qg5b1k This panel presentation addresses an emerging rhetorical genre, the infographic, and its potential to humanize big data sets and potentially save lives. The infographic has benefits beyond the traditional academic essay or public service poster. While a student's written reflection or research paper about an illness experience may reach an audience in the single digits, or the student may feel reticent to even share that story with an audience at all, the infographic harnesses the power of statistics and visual design to reach a limitless social media audience with a positive evidence-based message of healing. Students feel empowered by the infographic as a vehicle for real social change and public health activism. The presenter explores several examples from her own classroom and attendees acquire digital resources to enact an infographics lesson of their own. 3. Madness in Academia: Stories and Sense-making from Neurodiverse perspectives Led by Patrick Harris, Miami University; Ellen Cecil-Lemkin, Florida State University; Arun Raman, Texas State University URL to watch recording: http://bit.ly/2qfT9F6 The participants of this roundtable share narratives they have collected through experience and research. This session features preliminary results from interviews with self-identified “mad” scholars, some successes and failures of hypervigilance as aid in academia, and issues Page 2 Survive and Thrive 2017 Spring Summit Reflection
of self-advocacy in the struggle of integrating emotional support animals. 4. Pregnancy, Postpartum, and Pastoral Care Led by Molly Wright, Columbus State University URL to watch recording: http://bit.ly/2oTQgIR This session, meant for parents, birth professionals, and lay leadership as well as consecrated/ordained clergy, addresses the unique needs of expecting and new families and the way the church is positioned to minister to those needs. Isolated and lonely families can find relevant relationship with churches finding challenges connecting with younger populations. 5. Metaphoring Into Pain
Led by Sonya Huber, Author, Pain Woman Takes Your Keys URL to watch recording: http://bit.ly/2oU35mo In this workshop Sonya reads a short selection from Pain Woman Takes Your Keys, and participants have an opportunity to do writing exercises related to health and illness with a focus on finding metaphors for physical experience.
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