a creative outlet for the medical and healthcare professions
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The Right Brain
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Welcome to therightbrain.co.uk

This site is dedicated to showcasing some of the creative works gathered from members of the healthcare professions. Browse the sections above or click the links below for more information on what we show:

Qualified practitioners or students in any specialty are invited to submit files to be uploaded to www.therightbrain.co.uk.

Although this site is intended for healthcare professionals, this website gallery is open to everybody.

Spread the word! The more variation we have, the more interesting it will be.

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Spread the Word!

If you think that more people should know about therightbrain, please feel free to spread the good news. Here is a ready-made poster to print out and put up on a suitable noticeboard.

About us

We are two junior doctors who qualified in 2003 from The University of Birmingham in the UK. Graham is a specialty registrar in Psychiatry in the Brighton area. Paul is training to become a GP in London.

This is our project to celebrate and encourage creativity in life as a healthcare professional. We hope that this venture flourishes for all students and healthcare workers new and old and around the world. We intend to nurture this site well into our professional lives, tweaking and adding to it when we can!

Graham Campbell & Paul Aron

 

 

  


therightbrain world map

Click on the image above to link to the TRB world map. Here you can see from where on Earth our contributions have come from.

Right Brain vs Left Brain

It has long been thought that the two hemispheres of the human brain perform very different functions. Whereas the left side is concerned with language and logical thought, the right side holds a more creative approach to viewing the world. (go to theleftbrain.com)

Nobel Prize Speech 1981

Creativity in Medical Education

Western science and medical education lies heavily in the realm of the left brain. Researchers have shown that using more creative approaches to medicine can be beneficial. Art appreciation classes are currently part of the curriculum at Yale Medical School as they have been shown to boost the diagnostic skills of undergraduates. The underlying premise is that students learn to 'see the whole picture' which is a crucial aspect in the art of medicine.

Nature 12/9/01

A creative approach to medical education should be promoted, where students can benefit from more imaginative ways of thinking. Problem-based methods now used in modern curricula are one such approach. A greater emphasis on the artistic side of medicine helps to develop the 'self' as a whole - unifying the art/science dichotomy.

Medical Education 2002;36

One of the aims of this site is to encourage creativity in health students and health professionals by providing a place where creative efforts are celebrated.

 

 

 

 

 

 


**Visit our MESSAGE BOARD**

Leave a message, make a suggestion, comment on the artwork presented on this site or just keep in touch. Your words are nice.

Personality Testing

Find a little out about yourself. Believe it or file it in the trash...but have a go!

Are you right or left brained?

What's your Myers-Briggs type?

Take the Luscher Colour Test

If you're feeling like sharing, let us know your results on the message board!

What's New?

The six most recent contributions are:

  1. Tree - Tia Grice
  2. Dandelion Seed Head - Che Brignall
  3. No Stopping - Nirav Shah
  4. Precision - Liam Piggott
  5. Clock Towers - Parakeet Acoostics
  6. Ode to a Bead of Sweat - Aamir Ali

**Contributing Your Work**

Send it in! If you're proud of something you've created, share it with the world.

Entries are best submitted in one of the following formats:-

  • Word document (.doc)
  • JPEG files (.jpg)
  • MP3 files (.mp3)

If this is not possible, submit the file as it is and we will do our best to sort it.

Contact Us

If you have any comments, suggestions, complaints or just something to say, please send an email to:



 We'd love to hear from you.


Check out our twin site!

We have been in touch with the creators of theleftbrain.com and felt that a collarboration was necessary. Full hemispheric balance ahoy! (Click the logo to get there)
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