Chris Hodson

Aneurin Bevan Health Board (Caerphilly Crew)

Dyfrig Williams

Participation Cymru

The dreaded icebreaker

Everyone likes a good story .

So what’s in this session?

What are patient digital stories?

Why do we make them? Some theory (not much) Some examples (of stories) Some tips (not many) Some awful jokes (too many) Do it yourself - let’s make a

story today!

What is a Patient Digital Story?

Digital storytelling combines one of the oldest skills - the art of story-telling - with the use of new technology

A digital story uses the patient’s words, the patient’s voice and the patient’s photographs to tell their story.

Let’s see a story . . . .

This is John who belongs to the New Tredegar Bravehearts group

The ‘Bravehearts’ are a self sufficient cardiac rehabilitation group

Purpose: They want to encourage other patients to take up exercise

Why use Digital Stories? They deliver a strong, independent

message

They allow patients to talk to patients, staff and managers

They are permanent & portable

They have therapeutic value for patients

Peter’s story

Part of a set of 4 stories about Obstructive Sleep Apnoea

Sleep Apnoea falls outside of NHS Referral to Treatment targets

Purpose: To support other patients with the condition but, also, to let NHS staff know about their frustrations

Some quick tips about digital stories: Less is more – 3 to 4 minutes or 250 to

300 words

Technical training and specialist software/hardware can produce better results

The story always belongs to the patient and their families/carers

What have I learnt so far?

Most people have a story to tell Most people can write well for their

own voice Most people have a sense of a

story’s shape and structure Most people are happy for their

story to help others

Rhys’s Story

Commissioned by the Speech and Language Therapy Department of Aneurin Bevan Health Board

Purpose: To use with other parents at the start of speech therapy for their children

Some quick techy stuff .

I use Adobe Products on a NHS Dell Laptop

These are Adobe Soundbooth, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Premiere

These are ‘Elements’ - not full programmes

If you can afford Apple – go for it!

Some more techy stuff. .I currently use:- a Rode NT – 1A microphone Edirol Ua–25 EX USB Audio Capture a mike stand, cabling and pop shield Good quality 6+ mega pixel Digital

Camera And a beige anorak

Where to learn. . .

Two training providers in South Wales – Breaking Barriers and Storyworks (See their websites)

They can provide courses to allow you to make your own stories

You can commission them to make stories for you

And now it’s your turn

We are going to make a digital story now using your stories and pictures using basic methods

We are going to show these stories at a full Conference session tomorrow morning

I am going to have to stay up all night editing them

What happens next

In your Icebreaker Groups, look again at the best/worst/funniest/most disastrous engagement or facilitation experiences you have been involved in.

Decide which story or anecdote you want to put forward

Develop a script to explain what happened – 1 minute maximum talking time!

What happens next

You have 10 minutes to finalise the script

Once each Group has nominated and worked up their script, a volunteer from each group will go and record it with Dyfrig

While he is doing this, we will have a short Q & A session about Storytelling

To finish. . . . . Thank you for your participation and

patience My favourite Digital Story is by an

American, Richard Cowling It is not really about health. Richard is

a nurse and an academic who works with the victims of domestic violence and abuse

The story is called ‘Beauty’

Will this work?

1. http://vimeo.com/3219932

Bye!

Enjoy the rest of the conference