Department of Radiology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
ArtMed InSight, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Med Teach. 2023 Aug;45(8):871-876. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2023.2184675. Epub 2023 Mar 2.
Medical student burnout is becoming increasingly common. The Art of Seeing is a visual arts elective at one US medical school. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of this course on attributes that are foundational to wellbeing: mindfulness, self-awareness, and stress.
A total of 40 students participated in this study from 2019 through 2021. Fifteen students participated in the pre-pandemic, in-person course, and 25 students participated in the post-pandemic, virtual course. Pre and post-tests included open-ended responses to works of art, which were coded for themes, and standardized scales: mindful attention awareness scale (MAAS), situational self-awareness scale (SSAS), and perceived stress questionnaire (PSQ).
The students had statistically significant improvements on the MAAS ( < .01), the SSAS ( < .01), and the PSQ ( = 0.046). Improvements in the MAAS and the SSAS did not depend on class format. Students also demonstrated increased focus on the present moment, emotional awareness, and creative expression in the post test free responses.
This course significantly improved mindfulness, self-awareness, and stress levels in medical students, and can be used to help enhance wellbeing and mitigate burnout in this population, both in-person and virtually.
医学生倦怠现象日益普遍。《视觉的艺术》是美国一所医学院的一门视觉艺术选修课。本研究旨在确定该课程对幸福感基础属性（正念、自我意识和压力）的影响。
共有 40 名学生于 2019 年至 2021 年参加了这项研究。其中 15 名学生参加了疫情前的线下课程，25 名学生参加了疫情后的线上课程。在课前和课后测试中，学生需要对艺术作品进行开放性回答，回答内容会被编码为主题，并使用正念注意觉察量表（MAAS）、情境自我意识量表（SSAS）和感知压力问卷（PSQ）等标准化量表进行评估。
学生在 MAAS（ < .01）、SSAS（ < .01）和 PSQ（ = 0.046）上均有统计学意义的显著提高。MAAS 和 SSAS 的改善与课程形式无关。学生在课后的自由回答中也表现出对当下时刻、情绪意识和创造性表达的关注度增加。
该课程显著提高了医学生的正念、自我意识和压力水平，可用于帮助该人群增强幸福感并减轻倦怠，无论是线下还是线上。
