ARTS AND HUMANITIES IN MEDICINE
For the second year at the ACGME Annual Educational Conference, the ACGME's Arts and Humanities in Medicine initiative celebrates the powerful intersection of creativity and the lived experiences of members of the graduate medical education (GME) community.
Photography Highlight
A focus on “Mentoring Moments” explores the impact of
mentorship through photography.
The featured images displayed at #ACGME2027 capture the ways mentoring fosters learning, growth, and connection across GME.
Through candid and thoughtfully composed photographs, this showcase spotlights stories of guidance, support, and shared purpose.
Visual Arts Highlight
The conference program will include a session exploring how physician educators use the visual arts to enhance teaching, observation, creativity, and engagement in medical education.
Susan Day, MD
Joel Katz, MD
Bryan M. Brown, MD, MHS
Kamna Balhara, MD, MA
President and CEO Emerita (Retired), ACGME International, Former ACGME Board Chair, and Advisor for Arts and Humanities in Medicine
Senior Vice President for Education, Designated Institutional Official
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Associate Program Director
University of Hawaiʻi Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program
Associate Professor of
Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine
SES063: Visual Arts as a Teaching Tool for
Graduate Medical Education
Three physician panelists will discuss their experience in using the visual arts to enhance their faculty roles in teaching medicine, including discussion of techniques such as observational skills, the use of drawings to master anatomic relationships, and incorporation of art in lecture slides. This session is offered as a continuation of the ACGME’s Arts and Humanities in Medicine initiative. The panelists will each share their experiences, and audience participation is encouraged to allow further insights into creative uses of the visual arts in medical education. Attendees need not be artists, but rather, need only be committed to teaching residents and expanding their knowledge in using effective techniques.