Short answer: because creative skills are essential to successful medical practice; they are easily and authentically learned in art. See below for some key studies that inform my opinion that quality clinician attention may be healthcare’s greatest resource, and art has a role in the development of quality attention. Long answer: Watch a video of a panel […]Continue Reading
ArchivesCategory: Aesthetic
02JunThe difference between saying what you see and deciding what it is
Is big. Is a lapsezone. Sometimes we have to describe what we are not sure we are looking at. It can be tempting to diagnose it while describing, especially if technical parlance is available for some of what we see. Diagnostic word-choice is dangerous decision-making. It can rule things out too early. Description is work. […]Continue Reading
02MayWhat’s an aesthetic perspective?
I offer an aesthetic perspective. Nope, that’s not to say that I can advise you on decisions involving your hair length or your wardrobe (in fact, I could really use your help in those areas). It means I have experience in making art and responding to it, and training in how to see— and that […]Continue Reading
01MayWhy I Love Teaching/Learning Observation
Hi and welcome! I’m happy to have you here. For the most part, this blog is going to be about observation, an arts-based skill, in the context of medicine. Teaching observation as a professional skill is what I have been doing for much of the last ten years. Teaching it, and learning about its genesis and […]Continue Reading
