Medical students improve communication, performance, and diagnostic skills with the use of art-based-observation sessions during medical training. Dental training also involves improving communication, diagnostics, and observational skills. In dentistry, observation relates to recognizing shades, shapes, forms, and dental anatomy details. We hypothesized that dental students given art-based-observation training would improve their visualization skills. Thus, we assessed changes in observational acuity before and after the inclusion of an art-based-observation workshop and recorded students’ perceived experiences with the sessions. We verified that after one session of art training, dental students improved identifying and using dental anatomy landmarks.
Learning Objectives:
Explain how art-observation and drawing principles can be used to teach dental anatomy.
Demonstrate the use of art-observation and drawing principles to improve students’ performance.
Describe how such a strategy improves student learning.
