Art as a learning tool for the humanization of medicine

Resumen

Patience and empathy are two important requirements in the art of teaching. This understanding gradually developed in my mind over the more than 25 years dedicated to teaching. In view of all this analysis, I paid attention to the need to "break the ice" with the students of the first period of the Medicine course, enrolled in the discipline Anatomy I, which I teach. I thought it was necessary to promote interaction both between the new students and between them and me. But how could I do that? The answer came as a light: to develop an extracurricular activity that focused on knowledge about medical and health issues, but also raised discussions and reflections on other topics associated with medicine, such as humanization.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.56238/sevenIVmulti2023-034