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Art project will support medical students on subject of diagnostic error

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Andrea Kalus, M.D., left, is co-director of the Rheumatology-Dermatology Clinic at the UW Medicine Roosevelt Clinic, and Director of the UW Phototherapy Unit. Molly B. Jackson, M.D., right, is a physician at the UW Medicine Roosevelt General Internal Medicine Clinic, and Assistant Dean for the Colleges program across WWAMI.

They have been awarded a $5,000 grant from the Art of Diagnosis, a collaboration between the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM) to support, “Exploring diagnostic error and error recovery with medical students: A printmaking and micro-gallery SMS text-based art show.”
The project will  engage students across WWAMI with an SMS text-based gallery show, using the student’s art. Micro learning with text-based responses creates spaced learning that is novel, engaging, and may enhance retention. Learn much more about the art project here.

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