Cohen Stephanie M, DiGiovanni-Evans Brooke, Ganske Ingrid M, Katz Joel T, Kent Tara S
Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Program for Visual Arts in Healthcare, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Program for Visual Arts in Healthcare, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
J Surg Educ. 2025 Mar;82(3):103401. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2024.103401. Epub 2025 Jan 10.
The field of surgery is highly visual and technical. Yet, there is a paucity of data evaluating how a mandatory visual arts-based workshop may benefit surgical trainees. We report upon the feasibility of and short-term outcomes of a novel, visual art-based curriculum for surgery residents.
A validated survey was administered at the end of each visual art workshop to measure resident self-reported skills in problem-solving, interpersonal skills, and wellness. All questionnaire items were measured on a 4-point Likert scale (0-3) with added responses that were analyzed qualitatively.
3-hour singular workshops were hosted at The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
General and vascular surgery residents in their first and second postgraduate year were required to participate in the new curriculum.
Moderate to great improvement was reported for most questionnaire items. The greatest improvement was reported for making intentional observations (2.46), attentiveness to detail (2.42), viewing others as multidimensional people (2.57), and forming connections with colleagues (2.5). When asked how the workshop would impact their future practice, many residents described setting goals to: slow down when thinking through clinical problems, to consider alternative diagnoses, work on perspective taking, and paraphrase back to patients to enhance their relationships and accuracy of communication.
Required workshops for surgery residents early in their training at an art museum is feasible and beneficial. Future studies to measure the long-term impact such session and the ideal content and timing (e.g., PGY 1-5) are required to better understand the potential of this methodology.
外科领域高度依赖视觉和技术。然而，评估基于视觉艺术的强制性工作坊如何使外科实习生受益的数据却很匮乏。我们报告了一项针对外科住院医师的新颖的、基于视觉艺术的课程的可行性和短期成果。
在每个视觉艺术工作坊结束时进行一项经过验证的调查，以衡量住院医师自我报告的解决问题、人际沟通和健康方面的技能。所有问卷项目均采用4点李克特量表（0 - 3）进行测量，并对额外的回答进行定性分析。
在波士顿美术博物馆举办时长为3小时的单次工作坊。
要求第一年和第二年的普通外科和血管外科住院医师参加新课程。
大多数问卷项目报告有中度到显著的改善。在进行有目的的观察（2.46）、关注细节（2.42）、将他人视为多维度的人（2.57）以及与同事建立联系（2.5）方面，改善最为显著。当被问及该工作坊将如何影响他们未来的实践时，许多住院医师描述了设定目标以：在思考临床问题时放慢速度、考虑其他诊断、培养换位思考能力以及向患者复述以加强他们的关系和沟通准确性。
在美术博物馆对处于培训早期阶段的外科住院医师举办必修工作坊是可行且有益的。需要进一步的研究来衡量此类课程的长期影响以及理想的内容和时间安排（例如，住院医师第1 - 5年），以便更好地理解这种方法的潜力。
