Art History and the Development of Clinical Skills
This masterclass by art historian Siobhan Conaty delved into Health Humanities, an interdisciplinary field that brings the practice of the arts and humanities into the study of health, care, and well-being. By identifying where art history and medical practice collide, Conaty introduced participants to novel ways of understanding and approaching medical education and clinical practice.
About the Art Historian
Siobhan Conaty is an Associate Professor of Art History at La Salle University. She teaches courses on art and medicine, politics, and gender. Her research and publications focus on art history’s transferable skills for health science students and clinicians, and is featured in the Research Methods in Health Humanities (Oxford, 2019), the discipline’s foundational methodologies text, She was recently selected as a Medical Humanities Scholar in Residence at Pennsylvania State College of Medicine, and holds a number of Health Humanities leadership roles in professional organizations. She is committed to transdisciplinary work in the humanities and health science education and practice.
