Students in Penn State's College of Medicine creating their impressionist artwork during a recent studio session.
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Ksenya Badashova, a fourth-year student in Penn State's College of Medicine, mixed colors and began work on an impressionist painting during a session at the McCann School of Art. Medical students are participating in this four-week course that helps them understand the parallels between impressionism and improved communication with patients.
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Charles Yoo, a fourth-year student at Penn State's College of Medicine, worked on his painting during a session at the McCann School of Art as part of the requirements for Humanities 7970: Impressionism and the Art of Communication. The course combines required painting exercises with standardized patient communication sessions.
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Charles Yoo based his impressionist art assignment on a photograph he carried on his phone. Yoo is part of a group of Penn State Medical School students who are participating in Humanities 7970: Impressionism and the Art of Communication.
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Penn State Medical School student Steven Cornelius participated in an impressionists painting session at the McCann School of Art as part of Humanities 7970: Impressionism and the Art of Communication. Cornelius and fellow students are learning the parallels between expressing oneself through art and good communication with patients.
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This painting was created by Penn State Medical School student Joe Andrie and is based on a photograph he took from outside the Law Library at Penn State's Katz Building. Andrie is participating in a four-week course entitled Impressionism and the Art of Communication.
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