ART Appreciation - Why this class

Select two of the following articles and write a 500 word essay comparing them.  

Your essay should include:

• an analysis of each article.
• comparing and contrasting of each article's methodology and argument.
• a discussion of what you hope to learn from this class and what you can do to improve your learning experience.
• You may use APA, MLA, or Turabian for citing sources.

Articles:

• Shapiro, J., L. Rucker, and J. Beck. "Training the Clinical Eye and Mind: Using the Arts to Develop Medical Students' Observational and Pattern Recognition Skills." Medical Education 3 (2006): 263-268. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16483329 (Links to an external site.)
• PDF HERE: eScholarship UC item 6pn9438c.pdfActions

Clinical qualitative study in which students appeared to hone observation skills and improve pattern recognition.

• Naghshineh, Sheila, Janet Hafler, Alexa Miller, Maria Blanco, Stuart Lipsitz, Rachael Dubroff, Shahram Khoshbin, Joel T. Katz. "Formal Art Observation Training Improves Medical Students' Visual Diagnostic Skills." Journal of General Internal Medicine 7 (2008): 991-997. Doi: 10.1007/s11606-008-0667-0 Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2517949/ (Links to an external site.)
• PDF HERE: Naghshineh2008_Article_FormalArtObservationTrainingIm.pdf

Measured results showing an interdisciplinary course improved participants’ capacity to make accurate observations of art and physical findings.

• Honan, Shealy, Fennie, Duffy, Friedlaender, Del Vecchio. “Looking Is Not Seeing and Listening Is Not Hearing: A Replication Study with Accelerated BSN students.” Journal of Professional Nursing, May 2016. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2016.05.002 (Links to an external site.)
• PDF HERE: Looking Is Not Seeing and Listening Is Not Hearing- A Replication Study With Accelerated BSN Students.pdfActions

Study found that auscultative and observational abilities of soon-to-be Registered Nurses (RNs) improved with visual training and music training.