o Read this article by physician Dhruv Khullar. (Dr. Dhruv Khullar, “What Doctors Can Learn from Looking at Art,” New York Times, 22 December 2016.) https://nyti.ms/2hd1veg
o Read this article by Artsy editor, Casey Lesser. (Casey Lesser, “Looking at Art Could Help Med Students Become Better Doctors,” Artsy, 27 November 2018). https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-art-help-med-students-better-doctors
o Listen to or read the transcript for this NPR radio interview with art historian Amy Herman. (Amy Herman, “Why an Art Historian Took NYPD Officers to The Met,” interview by Ari Shapiro, All Things Considered, NPR News, 18 May 2016.) https://www.npr.org/2016/05/18/478571229/why-an-art-historian-took-nypd-officers-to-the-met
o Read this article by reporter Sarah Lyall. (Sarah Lyall, “Off the Beat and into a Museum: Art Helps Police Officers Learn to Look,” New York Times, 26 April 2016.) https://nyti.ms/1T3aHde
o As you read these articles, think about the merits of art history training for doctors and law enforcement. What new skills or awarenesses do art history courses give medical and law enforcement professionals? Pay special attention to the types of exercises discussed in each article. What are students asked to do when looking at a work of art? What are the goals of the exercises presented? What is the intended takeaway for students?
Complete the following written response:
o In about 200 words, reply to the following questions:
▪ Do you believe art history training for doctors and police officers is a worthwhile endeavor? Why or why not? Make sure to use the readings to support your response.
▪ Reflect on your experience in HA 100/300. Do you look at the world differently than you did before taking the class? Do you see or notice things that had previously escaped your attention?
▪ Has your career preparation been affected by taking an art history class this semester? If so, how? If not, why not?
o Based on what you learned in the articles about the exercises doctors and police officers completed, create an exercise for each group. Select two works of art from the video lectures of this course to use as focal works in your exercises. Choose a work of art for doctors to study and choose a work of art for police officers to study. Design an exercise for the doctors and design an exercise for the police officers. Each exercise should be about 200 words long.
▪ Include the following in each of your exercises:
• List the artist, title, date, and medium of the work of art.
• Write a few sentences giving your students instructions about how to look at and study the work of art. What steps should they follow as they examine the work of art? How should they look and what should they look at?
• In a few sentences, outline the objectives for your exercise. What do you want your students to learn from the assignment? How do you want your students to see differently as a result of completing the assignment? What new skills do you want them to gain? Why are those skills important in their profession