How can visual arts help doctors develop insight? Tate Liverpool: short course for medical students: Developing Medical Insight Using the Visual Arts Thursday, 19 th February, 10am to 4:30pm: a day of stimulation, challenge and inspiration --email Maggie Hammond for information / to book a place [email_address]

Kathy Edmonds, Senior Lecturer, Youth and Community Work Glyndŵr University

Developing skills: Observational Interpretive Descriptive Emotional recognition Identification of story and narrative Communication

Developing skills:

Observational

Interpretive

Descriptive

Emotional recognition

Identification of story and narrative

Communication

Judgement Decision-making Intuition Uncertainty Bias

Judgement

Decision-making

Intuition

Uncertainty

Bias

10 students x 2 Randomly selected from 44 applications 10am – 4:30 pm: Coffee and welcome Introductions and connections Words and visuals—preconceptions and meaning Work in focus and connections– three words Ways of looking Themes—health, death, emotion, conflict Evaluation and tea

10 students x 2

Randomly selected from 44 applications

10am – 4:30 pm:

Coffee and welcome

Introductions and connections

Words and visuals—preconceptions and meaning

Work in focus and connections– three words

Ways of looking

Themes—health, death, emotion, conflict

Evaluation and tea

Notes from the day Written reflections by email (75% return) Focus group: 3 students randomly selected from each day Facilitated by colleague Recorded and transcribed by notetaker £20 Amazon voucher

Notes from the day

Written reflections by email (75% return)

Focus group:

3 students randomly selected from each day

Facilitated by colleague

Recorded and transcribed by notetaker

£20 Amazon voucher

‘ HOME’ ‘ POINTING MAN’ ‘ MORNING’ ‘ HYENA STOMP’ ‘ THE BATH’

Hyena Stomp 1962, Frank Stella Image removed due to copyright, to view please visit http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?workid=13816

‘ My favourite part of the day was finding the art that we had attempted to draw. My piece was quite obscure and at first I was sceptical about it but talking to the assistant completely changed my opinion. I was surprised at how much I warmed to the art just from hearing an explanation but this inspired me to look deeper at other pieces of work.’

‘ My favourite part of the day was finding the art that we had attempted to draw.

My piece was quite obscure and at first I was sceptical about it but talking to the assistant completely changed my opinion.

I was surprised at how much I warmed to the art just from hearing an explanation but this inspired me to look deeper at other pieces of work.’

Confidence building Listening skills Challenging, new ways of thinking How we make judgements Learning new things: Art appreciation Skills in using the gallery

Confidence building

Listening skills

Challenging, new ways of thinking

How we make judgements

Learning new things:

Art appreciation

Skills in using the gallery

‘ I now feel happy visiting an art gallery and won’t be having an internal laugh at those people who are staring at pieces of art which I personally give no value – I will instead wonder what it is that those people are thinking and why it is that they can appreciate what I cannot.’ ‘ I hope I have gained better listening skills, practice at “thinking outside the box” and a better appreciation of art, something which I intend to continue.’

‘ I now feel happy visiting an art gallery and won’t be having an internal laugh at those people who are staring at pieces of art which I personally give no value – I will instead wonder what it is that those people are thinking and why it is that they can appreciate what I cannot.’

‘ I hope I have gained better listening skills, practice at “thinking outside the box” and a better appreciation of art, something which I intend to continue.’

the sceptic ‘ yes, vaguely...’ more rounded person = better doctor superficial similarities or differences between people/conditions  treat each as individual Language maintain your self-awareness clinical judgement make your own decisions be confident in describing what you see.

the sceptic

‘ yes, vaguely...’

more rounded person = better doctor

superficial similarities or differences between people/conditions  treat each as individual

Language

maintain your self-awareness

clinical judgement

make your own decisions

be confident in describing what you see.

‘ I think the day at the Tate used art to explore different perspectives and themes in life and I was surprised to see how this linked closely with medicine and our role as health professionals.’ ‘ The Tate experience of viewing art as a way to understand some of the complex concepts and emotions involved in personal reactions and the medical profession was inspiring.’

‘ I think the day at the Tate used art to explore different perspectives and themes in life and I was surprised to see how this linked closely with medicine and our role as health professionals.’

‘ The Tate experience of viewing art as a way to understand some of the complex concepts and emotions involved in personal reactions and the medical profession was inspiring.’

‘ Aside from the obvious "don't judge a book by it's cover", I think reflection was of key importance. Spending time thinking about the art in different terms, i.e. visceral response, the context, the artist, etc., brought out a lot of information that wasn't visible at first glance. This obviously transfers nicely to medical practice. The importance of discussion with a colleague to enable a differing perspective upon a work of art/ patient was also highlighted.’

‘ Aside from the obvious "don't judge a book by it's cover", I think reflection was of key importance. Spending time thinking about the art in different terms, i.e. visceral response, the context, the artist, etc., brought out a lot of information that wasn't visible at first glance. This obviously transfers nicely to medical practice.

The importance of discussion with a colleague to enable a differing perspective upon a work of art/ patient was also highlighted.’

medical school doesn’t allow time to relax little opportunity to try something novel always talking about and thinking about medicine refreshing, stimulated the imagination guilt if you don’t work only on medicine social time and connections, sharing

medical school doesn’t allow time to relax

little opportunity to try something novel

always talking about and thinking about medicine

refreshing, stimulated the imagination

guilt if you don’t work only on medicine

social time and connections, sharing

‘ When I have ‘free time’ I often feel that I still have to rush through things and never properly relax. I was so glad of the opportunity to do something new and with permission as well!’ ‘ It just helped us to really open our minds to something outside of the medical conforms yet drawing on our clinical experiences and challenged some of our preconceived ideas about health and communication.’’

‘ When I have ‘free time’ I often feel that I still have to rush through things and never properly relax. I was so glad of the opportunity to do something new and with permission as well!’

‘ It just helped us to really open our minds to something outside of the medical conforms yet drawing on our clinical experiences and challenged some of our preconceived ideas about health and communication.’’

‘ Personal reflection and sharing concepts about impressions, assumptions, emotions, the way you make judgements and the way you see what is in front of you as a whole picture are not normally accessible on a day to day basis.’

‘ Personal reflection and sharing concepts about impressions, assumptions, emotions, the way you make judgements and the way you see what is in front of you as a whole picture are not normally accessible on a day to day basis.’

Bathers at Moritzburg 1909/26, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Image removed due to copyright, to view please visit www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?workid=7967