First year medical students at Carle Illinois College of Medicine are sharing their artwork at Siebel Center for Design on Saturday, March 4th. Art may seem a bit out of the scope of a med students learning experience, but this is sort of an interesting exercise that they are asked to do as part of their work with cadavers. From the event description:
Over the course of the last 5 weeks, our first-year medical students have been asked to examine the nexus of their humanity and personhood with that of their cadavers. As such, they had to step back from a purely clinical gaze and begin to reflect on the ways in which the cadaver-medical student engagement shapes their professional identity and their personal narratives. The artwork produced therein is a snapshot of what they felt was significant in the cadaver-med student encounter and how it could be captured in art.
All are invited to see what they’ve created from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.