Interest in integrating the arts and humanities into medical education is not new. Several programs around the country now either offer or require medical students to take classes in the arts or ...

Can looking at fine art make for better doctors? The Yale School of Medicine thinks so, and has created a workshop where students visit museums to study paintings and then discuss their observations, ...

Observation skills are an essential component of any medical education, aiding doctors during patient exams and in making medical diagnoses, yet several studies have indicated inadequacies in this ...

Medical students who studied art could have a leg up in their work down the line, a new study shows. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia ...

This article is a fun and engaging optical illusion challenge that tests readers’ observation skills. It presents a grid filled with the letter ‘F’ and hides a single ‘E’ among them, asking readers if ...

In an effort to explore ways to improve clinical observation skills among medical students, researchers found significant improvement in observational recognition skills among students who took an art ...

Observation is fundamental to science. In fact, one could even argue that science is observation, nourished and channeled for the purpose of better understanding what our world is and how it works.

Test your observation skills with a jungle optical illusion where a snake is cleverly hidden among tortoises. This challenge requires spotting the reptile within 9 seconds, as its pattern mimics the ...