Impressionist Movement
Use art to sharpen your staff's observation and communication skills.
L
ooking to fine-
tune your sur-
gical team's
critical skills of obser-
vation and communi-
cation? Take them to
the art museum.
Really.
As part of our Fine
Art of Health Care
program, recently we
took a group of 30
doctors, nurses, anes-
thesiologists and other
healthcare providers
from the Lennar
Foundation Medical
Center to the Lowe
Art Museum on the
University of Miami
Coral Gables campus.
Working in small groups, participants studied what they see in a work
of art, communicated it in the group and discussed what their obser-
vations might mean.
"Participants are always surprised at what they discover beyond their
initial impressions of what they see," says Hope Torrents, director of the
Fine Art of Health Care program. "Plus, they learn to communicate
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• WHAT DO YOU SEE? Discuss details in art to make your staff more attentive.
• ART CLASS Use art as topic of discussion that can build leadership qualities.
Greta
Mitzova-Vladinov,
DNP,
CRNA,
CHSE
Staffing
Greta Mitzova-Vladinov, DNP, CRNA, CHSE
