How an Arts-Based Clinical Skills Set Can Be Assessed During OSCEs

Abstract

Background: Arts-based activities' roles in medical education is to challenge students to cultivate clinical skills using ART (aesthetics, reflection, time). ART activities offer opportunities for students to cultivate creative dimensions of their clinical skills and to reflect on their responses to uncertainty and ambiguity. Faculty, however, are challenged to structure these learning activities in diverse, sometimes unfamiliar, health care settings.Methods: This study explored preclerkship medical students' responses to participating in ART activities presented in the common medical educational format of an objective structured clinical exam (OSCE). Activities included interpreting fine art (eg, images and poetry) and drawing a simulated patient. The discussion section transcript and student sketchbooks were analyzed to identify themes related to participating in the study.Results: Use of arts-based activities elicited behaviors similar to those observed in students' responses to formal summative OSCEs, although students also wrestled with challenges and expressed their subjective impressions.Conclusions: This study offers an arts-based tool set capable of being delivered within the familiar medical education setting and established structure of the OSCE.

Artistic Activities and Developing Creative Thinking Skills among Children in Early Childhood

“…The M3 technique is a safe and appealing method for enhancing early childhood art skills through drawing, cutting, and pasting activities (Kustiawan, 2021). Artsbased medical education can enhance clinical skills, foster creativity, and allow students to express their subjective impressions during OSCEs (Gilbert et al, 2022). Artbased activities like body painting, clay modeling, and drawing can enhance clinical education by engaging students, improving clinical acumen, and enhancing visual understanding of the human body (Salama et al).…”