Visualising the art of medicine: a showcase of creative endeavour from Bristol Medical School, UK

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to acknowledge all of the students at the University of Bristol Medical School who participate in the creative components of the course and whose work highlights the fantastic integration of art and science within medicine.

Authors’ contributions

We confirm that this manuscript and curation of artwork has not been published before in this format and is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere. Creative works have been curated from outofourheads.net. TT wrote the initial draft of the narrative for the paper. All authors contributed to the choice of creative works for this collection. CL curated the creative works and added the summaries for each of the pieces. All authors worked collaboratively to edit and critically revise the paper. All authors have approved the final submitted version and agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work.

Disclosure statement

None of the authors have conflicts of interests to declare with respect to the contents of this manuscript.

Ethical approval

Formal ethical approval was not required for this manuscript, however consent to republish the creative works was gained from all of the student artists. The identity of the patients who inspired some of this work has been rigorously anonymised.