The Art of Medicine
About My Website
Art can be many things- a source of delight, a solace, an inspiration, it can challenge the status quo and be a stimulus for change. It can be used in medical education to broaden perspective, raise awareness of other cultures, explore biases, develop compassion and deepen understanding of what it is to be human. Art can encourage clinicians to stop and think about the person they are caring for and how they care for themselves.
The website is a collection of creative arts resources curated to use to learn, to teach and to maintain the art of medicine. (It’s a work in progress so not all pages are complete yet)
All the resources can be accessed from the home page and are arranged in three sections:
- Themed resources to use in learning and teaching.
- Resources to understand the value of the arts in medical education and some ideas to build your confidence in teaching using the arts.
- Information about courses and seminars.
Dr Nicola Gill, York, UK
Collections of Resouces
The resources in this section are curated as two collections, designed to be used as a tutorial or seminar or just for you to dip into. All genres of art are represented and wherever possible displayed on the pages or through a link. You will discover contemporary and historical resources created by famous professional artists, clinicians and patients representing many cultures and countries.
Using Arts in Medical Education
The practice of medicine can be improved by seeing and understanding the world from different perspectives. Exposure to art encourages clinicians to appreciate otherness, develop curiosity and creativity and the skills of compassionate care, problem solving, and managing uncertainty.
Using arts resources in your learning and teaching can feel a little daunting, the guides below should help build your confidence.
Courses & Seminars
If you would like help facilitating an interactive seminar or workshop or for me to give a talk based on the resources on the website, please use the contact me form. I can tailor the content and style of the session to meet your needs and aims. These are examples of previous sessions.
Further Inspiration
Look what’s happening in May – ideas for tutorials and places to visit
‘Artemisia’ visits Pocklington Group Practice From Monday 29 April 2019 until Saturday 11 May as part of a partnership with the charity, Paintings in Hospitals the
Opioids, Politics and Art
It’s not just social prescribing that is making political headlines. In February, US photographer and activist Nan Goldin brought the Guggenheim Museum in New York
Cultures of Health and Wellbeing
The Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance‘s first annual conference, Cultures of Health and Wellbeing was held at Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums in Newcastle
Maintaining the Art of General Practice- Spring School 2019 Seminars
Impression, soleil levant Claude Monet 1872 Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris Image in the public domain Monet’s painting of sunrise reminds us of the potential each new
2019 New Beginnings- the power of the arts
‘What we call the beginning is often the end And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start
Review of 2018
2018 has been an exciting year; the NHS has officially recognised the potential benefit of using the Arts for Health and Wellbeing and the first