OSLER SOCIETY
presents
an Online Humanities in Medicine Program
The Art of Observation and the Patient Story
with Nancy Richner and Dr. Bruce Hirsch
How looking closely at, and discussing, works of art
can make better clinicians.
What story does the artwork tell? Discover how each element that we uncover as we look at artwork helps us to piece together the story being told by the artist.   

Nancy Richner, MAT Museum Education
Art Educator and former Director of the
Hofstra University Museum of Art
will guide us through a close examination of, and discussion about, several works of art using Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) as well as other techniques.

Bruce E. Hirsch MD, FACP, FIDSA, AAHIVM
Attending Physician, Infectious Diseases at
Northwell Health, Healer's Art Faculty Member and Assistant Professor at the Zucker School of Medicine
Using the metaphor of the patient as art, Dr. Hirsch will discuss the therapeutic power of clinical perception.


As viewers of artwork, we apply our own experiences, thoughts and feelings to art interpretation, observation and analysis. Looking at art closely can help us to see pieces of the story that we likely missed at first glance. Studying and discussion art can help develop better skills of observation, critical thinking, communication, reflection and evidence-based reasoning, skills that physicians must apply in the clinical setting.

The Art of Observation and the Patient Story, Interactive Exercise, Discussion and Q&A
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
6:00 PM - 7 :00 PM
via ZOOM -- register below to receive your ZOOM link