Observation skills are an essential component of any medical education, aiding doctors during patient exams and in making medical diagnoses, yet several studies have indicated inadequacies in this ...

Learning how to observe and analyze works of art could improve the descriptive ability and diagnostic skills of future clinicians, according to new research from the University of Pennsylvania, the ...

First-year medical students at the College of Medicine at Tower Health honed their observational skills this February during the “Dispassionate Observation in Art and Medicine” event with neurobiology ...

Looking at art isn’t just a pleasurable way to spend a few hours. It also has real benefits for professionals who are far afield from the art world, from detectives to doctors. A new study from the ...

In an effort to explore ways to improve clinical observation skills among medical students, researchers found significant improvement in observational recognition skills among students who took an art ...

Interest in integrating the arts and humanities into medical education is not new. Several programs around the country now either offer or require medical students to take classes in the arts or ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — There's an innovative class that combines art and observation. It's a new way the University of Pennsylvania is training medical residents to look at patients. The routine is ...

UW plant pathologist William Stump speaks during a field day at the James C. Hageman Sustainable Agriculture Research Extension Center near Lingle. (UW Photo) Picasso probably couldn’t diagnose ...