Food for Thought-Using the Visual Arts to Help Train Physicians and Healthcare Workers

For most artists and art lovers the impact of art is well known. That knowledge is now being tapped in healthcare to help both healthcare workers and patients alike. The Center for Visual Arts in Healthcare at Brigham & Women’s Hospital  focuses on visual arts education for healthcare workers and is the first of its kind within the Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston. The Center, based in the Department of Medicine at BWH, trains healthcare workers using visual arts methods that build essential skills of a humanistic provider, including empathy, teamwork, respect, curiosity, and cultural responsiveness. Learn more about this amazing program.