The Université de Montréal’s Faculty of Medicine is collaborating with the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) and the Centre d’exposition Raymond-Lasnier to offer a new required course for medical students. This course will help students in Montréal and Trois-Rivières to hone their observation skills through three workshop visits to the respective gallery. In these sessions, an art educator will guide students in observing the portraits and sculptures, before an accompanying doctor leads a discussion about applications to medicine. “These skills—searching for evidence, introspection, tolerance for ambiguity—are directly transferable to the medical profession and are part of patient management,” said UMontréal Professor Aspasia Karalis.
