This course focuses on relationships between content, medium, and audience to visually clarify complex medical and scientific concepts for sequential storytelling in medical malpractice and personal injury cases. Relationships are examined through the design and creation of demonstrative evidence for the Canadian courtroom. A case-based approach simulates professional practice. Theories of visual knowledge building, information design, multimedia communication, learning/teaching, and cognitive psychology inform the design of medical legal illustrations and courtroom media. Co-design and collective visual problem-solving skills are enhanced through collaborative development and critical analysis feedback critiques.

Assignments focus on developing visualization techniques, mastering advanced colour theory, designing for knowledge translation, and rendering transformative visual explanations for illustrative evidence.