Can visual arts training improve physician performance?

Clinical educators use medical humanities as a means to improve patient care by training more self-aware, thoughtful, and collaborative physicians. We present three examples of integrating fine arts - a subset of medical humanities - into the preclinical and clinical training as models that can be a...

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Published in:Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association 2014, Vol.125, p.331-41; discussion 341-2
Main Authors: Katz, Joel T, Khoshbin, Shahram
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitude of Health Personnel
Clinical Competence
Cooperative Behavior
Curriculum
Drama
Education, Medical, Undergraduate - methods
Group Processes
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humanities - education
Humans
Interdisciplinary Communication
Museums
Program Development
Program Evaluation
Students, Medical - psychology
Teaching - methods
Thinking
Visual Perception
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Summary:Clinical educators use medical humanities as a means to improve patient care by training more self-aware, thoughtful, and collaborative physicians. We present three examples of integrating fine arts - a subset of medical humanities - into the preclinical and clinical training as models that can be adapted to other medical environments to address a wide variety of perceived deficiencies. This novel teaching method has promise to improve physician skills, but requires further validation.
ISSN:0065-7778