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Visual arts in the clinical clerkship: a pilot cluster-randomized, controlled trial.


ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Arts exposure is associated with positive psychological constructs. To date, no randomized, controlled studies have integrated art into clinical medical education or measured its effects on positive psychological constructs or educational outcomes. In this study, we assessed the possibility and potential benefits of integrating visual arts education into a required internal medicine (IM) clinical clerkship. METHODS:We conducted a controlled trial in an academic healthcare system with an affiliated art museum. IM students were assigned to one of three interventions: museum-based arts (n =?11), hospital-based arts (n =?10), or hospital-based conventional education (n =?13). Arts groups explored empathy, resilience, and compassion in works of art during facilitator-guided discussions. We assessed pre- and post-intervention measures of empathy, mindfulness, tolerance of ambiguity, and grit and tracked National Board of Medical Examiners IM shelf exam performance to capture changes in educational outcomes. Focus group discussions with participants in the arts-based interventions were performed at the study's conclusion. RESULTS:Arts education was successfully integrated into a busy clinical clerkship in both hospital and art museum settings. Focus group participants reported increased implicit bias cognizance and time for reflection, but no significant differences in psychometric or educational outcomes were identified. While most students felt positively toward the experience; some experienced distress from missed clinical time. CONCLUSIONS:This pilot study demonstrates the feasibility of integrating visual arts education into the clerkship. Although observable quantitative differences in measures of positive psychological constructs and educational outcomes were not found, qualitative assessment suggested benefits as well as the feasibility of bringing fine arts instruction into the clinical space. A larger, multi-center study is warranted.

SUBMITTER: Strohbehn GW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7708096 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Visual arts in the clinical clerkship: a pilot cluster-randomized, controlled trial.

Strohbehn Garth W GW   Hoffman Stephanie J K SJK   Tokaz Molly M   Houchens Nathan N   Slavin Ruth R   Winter Suzanne S   Quinn Martha M   Ratz David D   Saint Sanjay S   Chopra Vineet V   Howell Joel D JD  

BMC medical education 20201130 1


<h4>Background</h4>Arts exposure is associated with positive psychological constructs. To date, no randomized, controlled studies have integrated art into clinical medical education or measured its effects on positive psychological constructs or educational outcomes. In this study, we assessed the possibility and potential benefits of integrating visual arts education into a required internal medicine (IM) clinical clerkship.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a controlled trial in an academic healthca  ...[more]

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