title: Visualising the body in art and medicine: a visual art course for medical students at King's College Hospital in 1999.
abstract: For many centuries science and art have been studied as completely separate disciplines, and career paths likewise, have diverged. However, in recent years there has been a renewed cultural interest in art/science collaborations, coupled with the perception that a medical education which did not embrace the humanities 'tended to brutalize and dehumanize' (Weatherall, British Medical Journal 309 (1994) 1671-1672) future doctors. It was against this background of the growth of multi-disciplinary collaborative projects and a dissatisfaction with an 'incomplete' medical education, that an opportunity arose for a visual arts course to be set up at a London teaching hospital in 1999. The following dialogue sets out to explore the difficulties, the great joys and the emotions generated by a 'Special Study Module' created by both artists and clinicians.
authors.affiliation: Weston Education Centre, King's College London, Cutcombe Road, London SE5, UK.
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Weller
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*; D013663:Teaching