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EMERGING SERIES, sarah carpenter, 2015

30/6/2021

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It is widely appreciated that artists take inspiration from their own life experiences. Having accessed group sessions at the eating disorder clinic at the Maudsley Hospital in 2015, I was compelled to produce a new series reflecting upon my journey.

‘Emerging’ was my first self-portrait series and is special as it allowed me to see my own body objectively as form within a composition in a more self-compassionate light, something that has become increasingly difficult for women today.

I have always felt very lucky to be able to communicate through my work. In my experience, creativity is great at facilitating dialogue. Through this work I wanted to tell my story in my way, with the aspiration that others who share similar experiences may take comfort in sharing and that it may help towards breaking down the stigma surrounding mental illness.

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NICKS BLOG

29/6/2021

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Q&A WITH NICK

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Image: 'Scrunch Face' Collage by Sarah Carpenter

I have been thinking about the added value and complex ethical issues around documenting the patient voice; using acoustic cues in conveying emotion and attitudes in speech, and if this has the potential to become quantifiable data for use within CRIS.

I did a little research into this and came across Nicholas (Nick) Cummins, a lecturer in AI for speech analysis for health at the Department of Biostatistics and Health Informatics at King’s College London.

Nick’s current research interests include speech processing, affective computing and multi-sensory signal analysis. He is fascinated by the application of machine learning techniques to improve our understanding of different health conditions and mental health disorders in particular. Nick is actively involved in RADAR-CNS project which you can find out more about here:

RADAR-CNS project
Nick brought a lot of insight, interesting perspective and his work is fascinating. Unfortunately, technology was not on our side, so the recording was unclear. Nick kindly agree to document our conversation in note form from questions that I felt summarised the topics that we had covered. This in itself is interesting to me as it begs the question, how reliable would the technology for recording patient narrative be? where might problems arise and what backup procedures would need to be put in place?

Here is our documentation of the conversation:

Q1. What benefits are there to recording the patients/ clinician interaction?

  • reflect upon clinician and patient exchange to improve upon the work that the therapists is doing. Construction of sentences etc
  • determining if someone is in a positive or negative mindset from their speech (what language is used as well as how it is used) = Tracking for possible patterns / Spotting possible trajectory of illness and course of treatment needed- personalised treatments
  • Monitor the quality of the dyadic exchange, patient health information could reflected in this, it could also be helpful training material for clinician
  • Monitoring for positive/negative mindset of patients – help clinician guide the therapy session
  • Non-verbal communication cues can be tracked and use to aid diagnosis/treatment planning

Q2. You spoke about the problem of linguistics within your work, please could you tell me more about this?

Might not use the term problem, but an issue I have observed is linguistics analysis is often based on manual-transcripts of therapy sessions. This is not sustainable in the longer-term if patients/ clinicians want more real-time feedback. It also mean linguistic analysis is not a subject to noise, and should be considered an upper-bound on the accuracy of such AI systems. If an automatic speech recognition system was used instead of humans, there would be more errors inputted into an AI system and the accuracy would be reduced. IMHO it is better to be working on fully automated pipelines and learning how to make such an approach work as well as one with humans in the chain.

Q3. Do you think there is a way to obtain information both from the content of what a person is saying and how they are saying something using AI? If so, how useful might it be to cross reference / combine these findings?

It could be very useful and this is some work I would like to do in the future. Not everything we say will contain salient health/mental health information, most of what we say could be consider very neutral. So yes, it could be useful to cross-reference between verbal and non-verbal cues to help each other out

Q4. What are the cons of recording the patients clinical interaction?


  • Privacy: Recording speech is one level, but recording face and voice and then everything in the background is another level!
  • Cost of long-term secure storage as well

Q5. What might AI capture that humans cannot?

  • Body language (trying to attribute body language to mental / physical health). Clinicians can pick up on general movements, gestures and positioning, but subtle clues can be easy for us to miss as humans.
  • Microsoft game systems (Kinect) which give an idea of skeleton of movement
  • minutia of details could be picked up on by AI (Face as an example, having 88? muscles to monitor)
  • Subtle cues in or verbal and non-verbal/ behavioural cues. It is hard for us to pay attention to all of this, but AI can

Q6. Are there universal non verbal cues across cultures? If so, could you give an example?

This is a really interesting questions which is really hard to answer. It has been proposed that certain facial expression are universal, but this is not a commonly held view. It maybe possible for AI to learn mappings between non-verbal cues of different cultures.

Q7. Where might using AI fall short when it comes to capturing this kind of data right now?
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  • AI not good at saying why it thinks something
  • difficult to find a baseline for a person when it comes to paralinguistics? Changes when ill or healthy, Different accents, Our own identity in how we speak / what we say.
  • Lack of robust explainability in AI. It is currently not possible to understand why complex AI systems reach certain decisions.

Q8. Would it be possible learn to fool a system that analyses interactions? (From our discussion, I started to think about how good I have been at hiding my state of mind / thoughts from people in in the past, might this be a problem when using AI?)

Of course, but many non-verbal cues are not consciously controlled, so hiding might be difficult.

Q9. How else might we document the patient narrative using AI outside of the hospital setting? And what might be the pros and cons of this?

  • Using a phone / watch etc in order to gather longitudinal data and build a more fully rounded picture of the individual, their experience and their life.
  • Requires little input / less participation from service user
  • With so much time between appointments, remembering what has happened and how you have felt is difficult and huge parts of my story might be being missed. When asked to record food, sleep, exercise, thoughts, events etc (basically everything), I spend so long documenting, that I don’t have time for living, plus I spend so much time focusing on the negatives which worsens my illness.
  • help with tracking health/mood states, this would mean less recall biases when informing a clinician about recent events. This is a key step toward more personalised health care

Q10.What are you working on at present?

I have a new dataset of speech samples collected through the RADAR-CNS project. This data is the first time I have had longitudinal speech sample from individuals with depression (data collected from multiple time points). This gives me a chance to understand how speech changes with fluctuations in mental health overtime.

Q11. What’s the next steps for you in terms of your research?

Applying for grants to collect more data to learn more about the effects of physical and mental health on speech

MORE ABOUT NICK AND HIS WORK

AUTHOR: NICK + SARAH

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Sue’s short film

10/6/2021

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Fellow artist Sue Morgan gives us her thoughts on the project, specifically the the idea of recording the patient narrative in a clinical setting.
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THE DISCUSSION: 

Sue and I had a fruitful discussion about how she might communicate her thoughts. 

Most of our dialogue was through a voice memo exchange which was a first for me.  I found it a really lovely way to communicate - listening to a voice rather than reading it is so friendly and personal.  This method also gave me the opportunity for reflection before responding, helping me to practice thinking before I speak. It was also really practical as you can record whenever you have a moment, and in whatever environment you choose - walking in nature helps to inspire thoughts for sure!

So, Sue decided upon this beautiful diagram with explanatory film to express herself: an artwork in its own right as far as I am concerned! 
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'THE SPAR REFLEX' Short film

A huge thank you to Sue for investing so much of her thoughts and time in this - always great to have peer to peer reflection time with those who's input you respect and who's work you hold highly. 
Find more of Sue's work here

AUTHOR: SARAH AND SUE

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TEXT ART

13/5/2021

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INSPIRATION:
ARTISTS USING TEXT IN THEIR WORK

  • ​At its core, the alphabet is a series of symbols. 
  • Breaking down fonts into their essence - a series of shapes / forms.
  • Lifting text off of the page, turning letters into sculpture.
  • Is it text, or art or both? Are they one and the same?
  • Ambiguity of a statement - Open to interpretation
  • Typography: arranging text to be clear and legible - breaking these rules to turn language into something "other".
  • Traditional Printmaking: Screen printing - something I love to explore in my creative practice.
  • Reframing meaning of language by changing the context

Here are some of my favourite examples:
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CHRISTOPHER WOOL

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MEL BOCHNER

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ED RUSCHA

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JASPER JOHNS

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AUTHOR: SARAH

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BETH BLOG

1/5/2021

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Beth Hopkins is a fellow artist researcher and friend. We are both currently part of a peer group called the BARP'S (Bethlem Artist Researchers Peer Group)

​There are many overlaps in our work, so we sometimes record informal chats sharing our findings, ask questions and generally get lost in  conversation. 

Here we talk about this project and how it connects to other work that we are currently involved in: 
find out more abour The Mental Health and Justice Project
read about / see beth's work in the lancet
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Image Credit: Beth Hopkins. 

AUTHOR: BETH & SARAH

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REFLECTION: 22.03.2021 TED X Bakita Kasadha

14/4/2021

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"I AM"
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​"In this deeply thought provoking and personal talk, HIV activist Bakita Kasadha shares her experience overcoming self-stigma. By doing so, she encourages us to rewrite our own narratives to achieve our full potential." - TEDx


"the words you use, what do they say about you, because language is powerful."

Bakita asks us to think carefully about what we say as it creates our narrative/ story and this has an impact on our identity not only in terms of how we are perceived by others, but how we perceive ourselves. She speaks of the power of words.

Thinking about telling our story, I was really taken by how Bakita captivates her audience and manages to tell her story eloquently delivering her truth in a quiet, considered, slow and natural way. 

How can this be facilitated within a healthcare setting? By creating the right comfortable, quiet environment, by allowing patients time to think before we speak rather than feeling "caught off guard", by allowing enough time to be listened to and heard. 

"apologising for speaking" is a habit I know all too well. In moments of pressure, (when talking to a psychiatrist or a therapist) when there is a lot depending on my words, anxiety and imposter syndrome set in and my filters take hold, I begin to feel embarrassed, unworthy of help and that I have no right to tell my story as I am inferior to the expert sitting in front of me. This changes my narrative and alters my outcome, my diagnosis, my treatment and puts my health in the balance. 


"the words we use can either cap or create our potential" 

When it comes to a patient sharing their own narrative, how much needs to be shared? Should we have agency over this? Are we making the best decision for ourselves? 

"tell your story on your own terms, you do not need to cut yourself wide open to share it." 

"What I held as truth yesterday, is not what I hold as truth today." 

Things change, our experiences day to day, moment to moment reframe our thinking and this is not captured within our medical records. We cannot un-write what is written, there is no flexibility to change the records to reflect us now, in this moment. Our past follows us around and determines how we are seen in the present. One of the most profound parts of this talk for me was the message behind Bakita's closing poem: it is "I am" that is important, not "I had", "I was" or "I will be" but the importance of individual moments in the here and now. 

Communicating via poetry / performance is powerful. This footage is a fine example of the power of creativity in storytelling. 


SEE MORE OF BAKITA'S WORK HERE

AUTHOR: SARAH
QUOTES: BAKITA KASADHA

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WHAT NARRATIVE

1/4/2021

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During this R&D period of our project, we have been amassing a treasure trove of ideas and opinions around the experience of the patient narrative. A few weeks ago, we arranged to spend time exploring this area further with the Data Linkage Service User and Carer Advisory Group which was set up to provide Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) for mental health data linkage projects using CRIS data.

We had provided the group with some questions in advance mostly to largely suggest some focus for discussion. These were:

1. What does ‘patient narrative’ mean to you?
2. What are your expectations about how and how much of your narrative is captured in the clinical record?
3. If you feel that your narrative is captured sufficiently, what is it that makes it so?
4. Is it important for your narrative to be captured in the clinical record or do you feel that being heard and understood during the consultation is enough?
5. How do you feel about methods to capture the patient narrative such as audio/video recordings? What other means might enhance this process considering, among other issues, ethics, and accuracy?

In response to ‘what does ‘patient narrative’ mean to you?’, a group member said that it was their story, their journey of fighting mental illness and fighting the system. Their experience was that of not being listened to particularly around medication and side effects. The shortness of psychiatry consultations meant that the experience is a fire-fighting exercise. Having multiple psychiatrists over your journey can mean that a lot of your personal narrative is lost. We reflected on the fact that this issue of a lack of continuity is important and challenging in a mental healthcare system. What we were hearing was that people had progressed in their journey despite the inconsistent care that has been provided, and that they have developed skills to move forward while not feeling listened to. This is not captured at all or identified in current narratives, of course. As you can track or categorise ‘progress’ in different ways (e.g., hospital criteria) identifying it becomes even more complex.

We discussed how CRIS can inform better patient care through its use as a research database. But when we talk to service users, a lot of them are dissatisfied with the patient care throughout their journey. Maybe they have a good clinician at some point, but the negative experiences of the journey are still there. If we could collect people’s narratives and distil information out of that, it would ensure more consistency.

The group expressed its appreciation for the work we are doing on highlighting the patient narratives, which may help to give voice to a part of the service user experience that is largely in the shadows. A group member said there were lots of positive things going on in the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust where patients can express themselves through different media, but this is not always captured or put into the record. If it was captured, it could improve the patient’s wellbeing and also have benefits for other patients.

If things were documented differently, what would that look like? The group discussed how there had to be a fine line between capturing enough information to be heard, but not too much which might risk details being overlooked.

The amount of time you have available to talk was deemed important – as a patient, we pick out the key points of the story and the clinician records that, rather than considering the whole story. The group reflected that the whole story should be listened to, rather than just the highlights.

What is more important: to have a lot of data of our narrative which encapsulates the whole story but may have errors, or to have a shorter snapshot which may be more accurate? A group member said the latter was best, as nothing is worse than misinformation recorded in the record which can then follow you throughout life. If one statement is put on someone’s record, others take it at face value. Having it redacted is technically possible but could be a very difficult and lengthy process. Often the statement will be edited rather than removed. This said a lot about power and control of the narrative. These errors might not be malicious and come from a misunderstanding, but they follow us and means it is our word against theirs. Unless we our record or happen to find out, we might not know what misunderstandings/gaps are in our narrative. A comments section in the record could help with this.
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Insightful, warm and eye-opening. We visited the group with the intention of unpicking the layers that make a good patient narrative; the small and large details that could contribute to a better representation of what it is that we go through as service users. Suffice to say that our questions felt unimportant and secondary as a poignant issue was brought to light. How can you capture or facilitate a better patient narrative when so many people feel that their fragmented experience has stripped them of the chance to have any narrative at all?


AUTHOR: ANNA

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Documenting dance: labanotation

25/3/2021

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MY BACKGROUND IN DANCE

I started dancing at the age of three and have always found movement to be an intuitive, instinctual and natural way to communicate.

I was a dance teacher and choreograpaher at the start of my career before I began to work as a visual artist and this certainly feeds into my work in many ways. 

At college, I studied dance and part of the training was in Labanotaiton (a system of recording human movement using a series of symbols). 
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How does this relate to our project? Im thinking of nonverbal communication and how movement might be documented as a valuable form of communication. I wanted to revisit Labanotaion as a form of language and when I did, I found this great YouTube course which explains the basics: 
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What form of communication makes you feel
​best understood?
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AUTHOR: SARAH

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A STORY LOST:

18/3/2021

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I ask the question "As a patient, do you feel that your narrative is being captured sufficiently within a clinical setting?"
One persons experience of having her narrative lost in translation : 
What is your experience? 

AUTHOR: SARAH 
INTERVIEWEE: ANONYMOUS

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BETHLEM ARTISTS RESEARCH PEER GROUP

18/3/2021

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BETHLEM ARTISTS RESEARCH PEER GROUP


​Today Anna was welcomed into  our weekly drop in.

Some of the interesting themes that arose from the discussion were: 

- Phobia of data (the narrative surrounding this) 
- The title: Electronic Patient Journey system
​(great name indeed!) 
- The parallels with deconstructing and reconstruction in my art practice and with the data (a process of learning for both the machine and I?) 
- Asking questions in multiple ways in order to be more inclusive. 
- The idea of the value model - looking at pros vs cons of documenting narrative in different ways
- Being given the option in the moment to document your own story. 
- Editorial / shorthand/ note taking 
- Offering confirmation that you have understood what someone tells you (a classic teaching technique and also used in metacognition testing) “so what I hear is..... is that correct?” 

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AUTHOR: SARAH

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LISTENING as a skill

26/2/2021

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SPEAKING, LISTENING AND HEARING

How can you possibly look at storytelling without thinking about listening? 
BBC PODCAST: THE WHY? FACTOR: LISTENING
One message that stands out to me in this podcast is that we can often be solution driven rather than actually listening.

Is this what is happening in clinical settings? Is that why our narrative is being lost?


Imagine clinicians having the time to listen rather than record! AI could play a part in that.

AUTHOR: SARAH CARPENTER

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THe power of paper

22/2/2021

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As part of an interview process, I was asked to chose an object that represented power to me. I chose a blank sheet of paper. 

I was given 2min to discuss my choice: 
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​Having space to write your own narrative =
having power.

AUTHOR: SARAH 

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04.01.2021 (A reflection)

12/2/2021

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CREATIVE RESEARCH

PAPER MAKING


​​Deconstructing and reconstructing my records.
​Creating a fresh blank page ready to tell my own story in my own way.

The story so far...
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AUTHOR: SARAH

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30.01.2021

30/1/2021

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MEDTECH ENTREPENEURSHIP PANEL

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PANELISTS: 

​TOP R: KRISHAB RAMDOO,
CEO AND FOUNDER OF TYMPAHEALTH

BOTTOM L: EMILIA MOLIMPAKSI,
CEO AND CO-FOUNDER OF THYMIA

BOTTOM R: ELIN HOF DAVIES,
CEO AND FOUNDER OF APARITO


The most interesting part of this discussion in relation to this project, was listening to Dr Emilia Molimpakis talk about neuroscience, linguistics and her video gaming system called Thymia.

Probably best to just show the 3min video of her explaining it much better than I could in a full blog post (the power of creative/ video storytelling!) ...
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AUTHOR: SARAH

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28.01.21

28/1/2021

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​BUILDING HEALTHCARE AI FOR THE REAL WORLD

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SPEAKER: TOM DYER, BEHOLD.AI

A really interesting talk thinking about AI vs. Humans and computers replicating and replacing human processes.

In research, the outcome is often measured as  human performance vs. AI, so essentially can it be proven that AI is as good or better than humans?

Dyer demonstrated that the combination of AI plus human performance always gives better results than either AI or humans can produce alone. The question is how can we work with AI to improve existing processes and complement human skills?

Dyer spoke of the narrative of AI in the media: The reoccurring theme of robots being a threat to human beings, they will take our jobs and eventually threaten our very existence by replacing us. Robots are seen as a  threat to human beings - we are portrayed as being weaker. 
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​Dyer framed things differently, he spoke of AI cooperating with humans, complimenting our skills, being used as a second opinion / cross reference. 

In terms of diagnosis, AI is easily trained to determine severity of symptoms, and easily and accurately decide if a patient needs either immediate treatment, or no treatment at all. This means that the workload of a clinician can be significantly decreased and more time can be spent on more complex cases that need further analysis. 

​The crucial part of the AI puzzle which is yet to be deciphered, is if the machine sees something unfamiliar. Instead of it saying "I'm not sure", it might automatically place something in its nearest  category. These are the instances where we see how vital the clinicians role is and how irreplaceable they are.  


Imagine though, in a clinical setting, AI taking on the  tasks that involve memorising and recalling information (basically what we would define as the  'knowledge" involved), this would mean that clinicians would have more time to engage other important skills such as compassion, empathy and understanding to make a fuller, more rounded diagnosis. 

This resonated with me and my thoughts on our project. Could this lead to more of the patient narrative being heard and given value in the clinical setting? By allowing better resources for a clinician to utalise their human skills (e.g. compassion), richer and more valuable information might be  drawn form from the patient, helping the clinician to make a better assessment. At the same time AI could capture the patient narrative and analyse it  using its knowledge. Together, this would provide a more rounded picture of the patient. 

My mental wellbeing is severely effected by feeling misunderstood. Simply feeling heard is in itself medicine for me. ​

AUTHOR: SARAH

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28.01.2021

28/1/2021

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'TEXT'
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A CREATIVE RESPONSE TO THE PROJECT

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​Acrylic, Collage and Charcoal on cardboard
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  • Text
  • Language vs visual grammar
  • Nonverbal communication
  • Narrative/ story = identity
  • The other side of the story
  • Murky/ wishy washy language:
         nothing can quite explain how I feel
  • Look and see, don’t ask me to tell you in words
  • Academic language / accessibility for everyone
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AUTHOR: SARAH

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27.01.21

27/1/2021

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​MEDTECH: AI IN MEDICINE SERIES

TRANSFORMING HEALTHCARE WITH AI LESSONS FROM OPHTHALMOLOGY

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​SPEAKER: DR PEARSE KEANE

Pearse was absolutely fantastic!

I actually took away a lot of information / ideas from this talk. I think this was because the language used was accessible, communicated slowly and ideas were unpacked for us as if it was the first time we were hearing them
​(which for me it was!).

​Thought 1: 


Until this talk, I hadn't made a direct correlation between the brain and computers. Artificial neural networks as computational methods to replace the brain so in essence, neurons = nodes. ​
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​Thought 2: 

I was fascinated by the work that Pearse is doing that relies on image recognition;  computers are fed lots and lots of images, training them to recognise certain things. I recently came across the app  Google Quick Draw, it prompts you to draw certain objects and then guesses what you've drawn. It stores the information from each new drawing, uses it to learn and gets better at recognising - the more people interact, the better it becomes. 

​In fact, rather than explain, why not just let you see for yourselves :
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Thought 3:

​Dr Keane has been doing using OCT scans for the retina (Ultrasounds scans but using lightwaves) to find out all kinds of information about the person such as age and gender etc. I wonder if there's anything the eyes can tell you about a person's mental state? Could MRI scans give us this kind of information about a person?
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Thought 4: 

During the talk I was introduced to the term "AI chasm". This is the difficult gap between imagining a prototype and then actually putting it into action in a clinical setting once it has approval. We're talking years (on average around 8!) How can this be navigated? By the time useful technology is developed and in clinical settings, it's already outdated. ​
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Thought 5:

When it comes to coding, Pearse had an opposing view to the last talk, believing that experience in this area is not necessary. I've always felt I should learn to code in order to  understand the process, however, I learned today that there are new "drag-and-drop" systems for anyone who wants to have a go at this kind of . This opens up a whole new world of possibilities and makes me feel that I might actually be able to put some of my creative research into action. I must delve deeper into this! TBC...
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​SCREENSHOTS FROM DR PEARSE KEANE'S  PRESENTATION

AUTHOR: SARAH

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26.01.21

26/1/2021

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​MEDTECH: AI IN MEDICINE SERIES
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DRUG DISCOVERY USING
SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY, ROBOTICS
​AND MACHINE LEARNING.

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SPEAKER: DR BEN KEMP FROM LABGENIUS


​I found this presentation very technical and therefore, as someone with no prior knowledge of the subject, difficult to follow

​However, one thing I did take away was how beautifully designed and legible the data within the presentation was.
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I began thinking about how the vast amount of visuals / diagrams / charts /infographics used within research.  

​​I have a design background and have an appreciation and respect for beautiful data.

In my opinion, a lot of information presented within clinical research, is neither legible nor beautiful. I believe it could, and should be both.


​Not only is it important to explain things in simple and accessible ways, in a world overloaded with  information, it is ever more important to entice people in the first instance to ensure their engagement with what you have to say. Creativity is not a "bonus", it is crucial when it comes to sharing information.

Of course, I believe that artists have a lot more to offer than simply being a means to illustrate information, we too can pose questions and generate solutions in the same way a researcher can. The relationship between art and academia is rich, complex and dynamic (but more about this later).
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During the talk the opinion that clinicians, data scientists, biologists etc. should all try to learn to code (even if only the basics).

I wonder, when embarking on cross disciplinary work,  how much understanding of each others skill and knowledge is useful, if any?

AUTHOR: SARAH

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25.01.21

25/1/2021

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MEDTECH: AI IN MEDICINE SERIES
WHY MEDICINE IS CREATING NEW FRONTIERS FOR MACHINE LEARNING

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SPEAKER​: MICHAELA VAN DER SCHAR, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY


​The thing that stood out for me during this talk was the idea of bespoke medicine; this means that it's changeable, it depends upon your age, your lifestyle at different times, how conditions that you might have might change and takes into account things like social and economic factors.

Bespoke medicine means taking your past, present and future trajectory into consideration which gives a much broader view of the person. It also means thinking not just about one specific problem, but looking holistically and long-term.

​Patients ARE complex! Our experiences are as unique as we are and are ever changing!
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​​It seems so obvious, but the idea that this data is dynamic; it moves, and shifts and needs to be captured as a continuum, was something that I hadn't considered until now.  

Of course the patients data (and therefore narrative) will move, develop and change when just as any good story does.

​So how do we go about capturing this rich, ever evolving narrative?
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AUTHOR: SARAH

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25.01.21 - 05.02.21

25/1/2021

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​MEDTECH: AI IN MEDICINE SERIES WITH UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON (UCL)

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So, I’ve decided to engage with UCL's MedTech AI in Medicine series over the next two weeks.

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Although I have little / no basic understanding of some of the subject matter, I'm interested to see if I can pick out any information, thoughts, theories from these talks for use in our project. 

Perhaps I may also meet some speakers who are interested in our project?

​If nothing else, I am interested in the language that is used to deliver information and how accessible it is for those like myself who have an interest but don't come from a clinical or tech background.

I wonder how the use of academic and clinical language might be a barrier when it comes to patients with mental illness sharing information / telling their own story?
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AUTHOR: SARAH

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