A Randomized Controlled Study of Art Observation Training to Improve Medical Student Ophthalmology Skills

• Published in: Ophthalmology (Rochester, Minn.) Vol. 125; no. 1; pp. 8 - 14
• Main Authors: Gurwin, Jaclyn, Revere, Karen E., Niepold, Suzannah, Bassett, Barbara, Mitchell, Rebecca, Davidson, Stephanie, DeLisser, Horace, Binenbaum, Gil
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.01.2018
• Subjects: Clinical Competence - standards; Education, Medical - methods; Educational Measurement; Eye Diseases - diagnosis; Female; Humans; Male; Observation - methods; Ophthalmology - education; Philadelphia; Schools, Medical; Single-Blind Method; Students, Medical; SD

Observation and description are critical to the practice of medicine, and to ophthalmology in particular. However, medical education does not provide explicit training in these areas, and medical students are often criticized for deficiencies in these skills. We sought to evaluate the effects of for...