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 ...

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 ...

Can looking at fine art make for better doctors? The Yale School of Medicine thinks so, and has created a workshop where students visit museums to study paintings and then discuss their observations, ...

Medical students who studied art could have a leg up in their work down the line, a new study shows. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia ...

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 ...

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 ...

Are you ready for a quick brain challenge? Optical illusions are not just fun to look at – they’re also great for testing how sharp your mind really is. This latest illusion is making the rounds ...