Medcomic
| Medcomic | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Jorge Muniz |
| Illustrator(s) | Jorge Muniz |
| Website | https://medcomic.com |
| Genre(s) | Medical Education |
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Medcomic is an American publishing company based in Orlando, Florida. It is best known for its self-titled book consisting of educational comics to help students retain and recall medical information.[1] The company also published Sparkson's Illustrated Guide to ECG Interpretation, a medical textbook on electrocardiography.[2] The materials are written and illustrated by physician assistant Jorge Muniz[3]
History
Medcomic was founded in 2013 by Jorge Muniz during his pediatric rotations, in his second year of PA school[2]. The illustrations were initially published in an online blog format.[4] Muniz is quoted as saying, "My artwork has been influenced by the cartoons I watched as a child, which relied heavily on physical humor and facial expressions...like Looney Tunes that were produced in the 1940s and 1950s."[5][1] Medcomic illustrations are a type of memory device, and the company is considered a competitor among visual learning platform companies such as Sketchy.[6]
In 2015, Muniz launched a Kickstarter campaign to publish his collection of drawings in a book titled Medcomic: The Most Entertaining Way to Study Medicine.[7][1] Afterwards, Muniz switched fields to join a cardiology group to work as an electrophysiology PA.[2] In 2018 he authored and illustrated Sparkson's Illustrated Guide to ECG Interpretation, which was also published under Medcomic.
Medcomic artwork has been published on the cover of JAAPA, a peer-reviewed medical journal published by Wolters Kluwer, in the November 2017 and October 2018 issues.[8][9][10]
Subjects
Health Sciences
- Physician
- Physician Assistant
- Nurse Practitioner
- Nursing
- Paramedic
- Pre-health
Cardiology
- ECG Interpretation
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Klusman, Margaret (2017). "Alumnus Creates Medcomic Masterpiece". NSU Perspectives Magazine. 5: 44–45 – via Nova Southeastern University (nova.edu).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Anderson, Dave (2020-12-11). "PA's 'Medcomic' Books Combine Talent for Art and Passion for Healthcare". AAPA.org. Retrieved 2021-07-16. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ HealthManagement (2016). "How Comics Play a Role in Medicine". HealthManagement.org The Journal. 16: 156–157 – via HealthManagement.
- ↑ Reed, Harrison (2016-03-16). "Drawing Meds: An Interview with Clinician-Artist Jorge Muniz, PA-C « In Practice". NEJM Journal Watch. Retrieved 2021-07-16. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Interview with Jorge Muniz, PA-C, Creator of Medcomic". The PA Platform. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
- ↑ "Sketchy wants to replace boring textbooks with 'Pixar-like' videos – TechCrunch". Retrieved 2021-07-17.
- ↑ Versel, Neil (2015-10-13). "Comics for medical education? Kickstarter campaign hopes so". MedCity News. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
- ↑ "Cover Art". Journal of the American Academy of PAs. 30 - Issue 11: 1. November 2017 – via LWW Journals.
- ↑ "Cover Art". Journal of the American Academy of PAs. 31 - Issue 10: 1. October 2018 – via LWW Journals.
- ↑ "Medcomic is on the cover of the November 2017 issue of JAAPA". Twitter. 2017-11-06. Retrieved 2021-07-21. Unknown parameter
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