Medtech & Art
It’s hard to
find a field that stands unilaterally in our ever-merging world. Fields that
were considered opposites have find common ground and has been a running theme
of this course. Now we long onto medicine, technology, and art. According to
Professor Mangione at Thomas Jefferson University, students with more “right
brain” qualities are becoming more successful in today’s “digital, image-based
world of medicine.” These right brain qualities relate to imagery, visual and
drawing skills. Understanding medicine and anatomy requires to a strong sense
of visual awareness and attention to detail, both traits that can be learned
through art. Another example is magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Relatively
new technology, an MRI lets doctor essentially create portraits of the human
body. It shows how the advancement of technology has led to changes in medicine
that presents a crossover with art. All the imagery and visual stimuli in
medicine and the need to decipher and understand it, there are many parallels
between medicine and art. Technology has only made the stronger connection between
two. Nowadays surgeries are simulated on computers through re-created models of
the human anatomy for up and coming surgeons to practice. This high-tech
training with models are building the future generations of doctors and
medicine professionals. Over time as technology collaborates with medicine, the
art of the medicine will be more clear.
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