Internal Medicine Residency Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
Neurology Residency Program, McGaw Medical Center at Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
BMC Med Educ. 2022 Apr 21;22(1):302. doi: 10.1186/s12909-022-03374-y.
Medical humanities courses that incorporate the visual arts traditionally require in-person instruction and visits to museums. The COVID-19 pandemic afforded medical educators a unique opportunity to implement and evaluate virtual visual arts programming.
A two-week, 7-module visual arts and medicine elective course for third and fourth-year medical students was conducted virtually in the Spring of 2021. The course included traditional didactic components as well as a range of hands-on creative art activities including painting, graphic medicine, photovoice, and Kintsugi (Japanese craft). Digital tools including Canvas, Google Jamboard, and Zoom facilitated student engagement. Student feedback was collected through anonymous post-course surveys.
We successfully conducted a virtual visual arts and medicine elective which integrated hands-on creative art activities. Most students "strongly agreed" that remote instruction was sufficient to meet course objectives. However, all students also "agreed" that in-person instruction may promote more in-depth engagement with the visual arts. The hands-on creative art activities were appreciated by all students.
Visual arts-based medical humanities courses can be delivered virtually and can include hands-on creative art activities such as painting. Future visual arts and medicine courses may benefit from incorporating a range of pedagogical methodologies, digital tools, control groups, and pre-/post-course assessments.
将视觉艺术融入其中的医学人文学课程传统上需要面授和参观博物馆。COVID-19 大流行为医学教育工作者提供了一个独特的机会，可以实施和评估虚拟视觉艺术课程。
2021 年春季，为三、四年级医学生开设了为期两周、共 7 个模块的视觉艺术与医学选修课程，采用虚拟方式进行。该课程包括传统的讲授式教学内容，以及一系列实践的创意艺术活动，包括绘画、图形医学、影像照护和金缮（日本工艺）。Canvas、Google Jamboard 和 Zoom 等数字工具促进了学生的参与。通过匿名课后调查收集学生反馈。
我们成功地开展了一门虚拟的视觉艺术与医学选修课程，其中融入了实践的创意艺术活动。大多数学生“强烈同意”远程教学足以满足课程目标。然而，所有学生也“同意”面授可能会促进与视觉艺术的更深入互动。所有学生都对实践的创意艺术活动表示赞赏。
基于视觉艺术的医学人文学课程可以通过虚拟方式进行，并且可以包括实践的创意艺术活动，如绘画。未来的视觉艺术与医学课程可能受益于采用多种教学方法、数字工具、对照组以及课前/课后评估。
