All Outputs (4)

Medical performance and the ‘inaccessible’ experience of illness: An exploratory study (2016)
Journal Article
Weitkamp, E., & Mermikides, A. (2016). Medical performance and the ‘inaccessible’ experience of illness: An exploratory study. Medical Humanities, 42(3), 186-193. https://doi.org/10.1136/medhum-2016-010959

© 2016 Medical Humanities. All rights reserved. We report a survey of audience members’ responses (147 questionnaires collected at seven performances) and 10 in-depth interviews (five former patients and two family members, three medical practitioner... Read More about Medical performance and the ‘inaccessible’ experience of illness: An exploratory study.

Telling stories about our research (2016)
Journal Article
Weitkamp, E. (2016). Telling stories about our research. JCOM: Journal of Science Communication, 15(2),

The academic journal paper has been around for several hundred years and during that time has seen shifts in style and structure. This editorial explores the traditional research paper and considers whether thinking about the research paper as a stor... Read More about Telling stories about our research.

From planning to motivations: Citizen science comes to life (2016)
Journal Article
Weitkamp, E. (2016). From planning to motivations: Citizen science comes to life. JCOM: Journal of Science Communication, 15(3),

This issue forms Part II of JCOM’s collection of articles and essays exploring the field of citizen science. Here I introduce the articles in Part II, outlining how they contribute to our understanding of the ways that volunteers participate in citiz... Read More about From planning to motivations: Citizen science comes to life.

Five years of JCOM — inclusive, comprehensive or could we do better? (2016)
Journal Article
Weitkamp, E. (2016). Five years of JCOM — inclusive, comprehensive or could we do better?. JCOM: Journal of Science Communication, 15(4),

Looking back over the past 5 years of articles published in JCOM, this editorial looks at the topics covered and the geographies represented and asks: are we tackling all main contemporary issues in science communication/popularisation or public enga... Read More about Five years of JCOM — inclusive, comprehensive or could we do better?.