Albert Fung, MScBMC ‘10
Joining worlds through storytelling
Storytelling has long been an effective communication tool in human history, allowing us to encapsulate information in an engaging manner. As biomedical communication specialists, our unique role allows us to understand the original message, but also to enhance the narrative using various tools in design, aesthetics, and technology. In this talk, I will share some examples of stories we help to tell, from detangling the steps of complex surgeries to empowering patients' understanding of their anatomy, with some tips and tricks along the way.
Date: Friday, February 9, 2024
Time: 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET
Register to attend webinar: https://utoronto.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ms4gyuvTRQaMQgTfHnmdDg
2024 BMC speaker series program. https://bmc.med.utoronto.ca/news-events/2024/02/01/bmc-speakers-2024
Albert Fung, MScBMC ‘10, works at the Toronto Video Atlas of Surgery (TVASurg), a small biomedical communications team embedded in the Department of General Surgery at Toronto General Hospital. The team has been producing teaching videos that blend together high-definition footage obtained in the surgical field with patient-specific 3D computer animations. Working with collaborators around the world, the team strives to build a library of surgical cases that span different surgical specialties and that is an open-access resource for students and trainees.
Web site http://tvasurg.ca