Cross-sectional survey research investigating how medical students use clinical photographs to support their learning.

This study explored students' use of clinical photographs within seven medical schools in England. The design used was cross-sectional survey research. The data collection method was a self-completion online survey. A total of 283 students participated in the study. The proportion of students using clinical photographs was 87%, p = .217. The medical subject discipline in which clinical photographs were considered by students as most useful were dermatology (71%). The proportion for those 'Very' or 'Quite' likely to access an image library made available through their medical school was 92%. The main barrier to using existing photographic resources was awareness.

You are a medical photographer and your brief is wide.

A reflection on past product advertisements which were created for earlier versions of this journal and were specifically targeted at the Medical Photographer.

Twenty images over 20 years: clinical imaging and healthcare photography in the Wellcome Image Awards (WIA).

The Wellcome Image Awards are celebrating their 20th year of bringing us the world's most incredible science and health images this year. The 2017 winners can be seen at exhibitions to be held simultaneously across the UK, in science centres from Aberdeen to the Eden Project, as well as in Russia and South Africa. Over the last 20 years many images have featured amongst the winners and this gallery showcases the images from the contemporary clinical collection that were successful during that time.

The BMA Patient Information Awards: What's the history?

The British Medical Association (BMA) Patient Information Awards has been running since 1997. This article briefly looks back at it's history and origins.

Assessing the sensitivity of images in research collections: A new approach at the Wellcome Library.

In 2014 The Wellcome Library, part of the Wellcome Trust, introduced a new policy in order to address research access to personal data within its collections. The policy has now been used by library staff for almost a year. The policy was devised using a multi-stage approach which consisted of internal surveys and 1:1 interviews. Library staff can use the policy to guide decisions based on what level of access to award material donated or contributed to the Wellcome collections. The policy has been applied to 1 - a series of victorian medical photographs supplied by University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, and 2 - an album of family photographs from the collection of the psychiatrist Dr Ann Dally. Following almost a year in circulation the advantages and disadvantages can now be summarised.