Teaching pain recognition through art: the Ramsay-Caravaggio sedation scale

Teaching pain recognition through art: the Ramsay-Caravaggio sedation scale

Abstract Background Clinical observation is a key component of medical ability, enabling immediate evaluation of the patient’s emotional state and contributing to a clinical clue that leads to final decision making. In medical schools, the art of learning to look can be taught using medical humaniti...

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Main Authors: Federico Poropat, Giorgio Cozzi, Andrea Magnolato, Lorenzo Monasta, Fabio Borrometi, Baruch Krauss, Alessandro Ventura, Egidio Barbi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:Italian Journal of Pediatrics
Subjects:
Clinical observation is a key component of medical skills
Visual skills are hard to teach in the formal lessons
Ramsay sedation scale is a clinical score to measure patient’s depth of sedation during procedures
Adding visual art masterpieces to the standard lessons doesn’t improve the clinical visual skills but enhances the interest on the topic presented
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13052-018-0453-5

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