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Use of Fine Art to Enhance Visual Diagnostic Skills
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To the Editor: Observational skills that define the astute clinician are usually only acquired after years of clinical experience. Recognizing both the subtle and obvious visual details is a critical aspect of visual diagnosis or "seeing." Nonetheless, the formal teaching of observational skills is rarely included in the medical curriculum.We studied whether the experiential process of seeing such visual details can be enhanced in medical students through systematic visual training using representational paintings.
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During the first month of the doctor-patient encounter course in the first year of medical school, students were encouraged to participate in the Yale Center for British Art (YCBA) project, which uses a student-centered approach to teaching.1 In academic year 1998-1999, 90 medical students who expressed an interest were randomized to a control group (n = 30), an intervention group (YCBA group, n = 30), or a lecture group (n = 30). In 1999-2000, 86 students were . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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