Bioethics and Medical Humanism
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Mission
To recognize and value creative expression as essential to health, healing and humanistic care.
![Dr. Standley with the 2021 Governor’s Arts Award Dr. Standley with the 2021 Governor’s Arts Award](/sites/default/files/depts/bioethics/art-med/standley-governors-award.jpg)
Goals
To use artwork to improve the relationship between physicians and patients by:
- Improving observation, perception and communication skills.
- Improving visual diagnostic skills.
- Practicing skills in a different context and outside of content area.
- Distinguishing between appreciation and preference.
- Understanding personal bias.
- And learning to see in order to heal.
To provide a meaningful connection between the UA College of Medicine – Phoenix and the surrounding community by:
- Offering partner organizations a space to publicly display their work.
- Providing partner organizations an opportunity to be involved in a cutting-edge program that is capturing widespread attention.
- Introducing local artists to new audiences.
Presentations
- Art in Medicine: Structured Observation of Artworks Toward Enhanced Patient Care (PDF) by Cynthia Standley, PhD.
- International Association of Medical Science Educators, Poster Presentation (San Diego, June 2015).
Awards and Highlights
- Governor's Arts Award – Art in Medicine Program Wins a 2021 Governor’s Arts Award.
- Excellence in Educational Innovation Award, College of Medicine – Phoenix.
- Best of the Valley, Phoenix Magazine – Editor's Picks for Best of the Valley 2021: Lifestyle and Entertainment.
Cynthia Standley, PhD |
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