{"id":22204,"date":"2018-05-30T15:57:53","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T19:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=22204"},"modified":"2018-05-31T08:44:03","modified_gmt":"2018-05-31T12:44:03","slug":"program-uses-art-to-help-med-students-deal-with-stress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/program-uses-art-to-help-med-students-deal-with-stress\/","title":{"rendered":"Program uses art to help med students deal with stress"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"

Third-year medical students participate in The Art of Balance and Diagnosis, a program created by UTC, Erlanger Hospital and the Hunter Museum of American Art.<\/p><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"

Laurie Melnik, executive director of the Southeast Center for Education in the Arts at UTC, is one of the creators of the Art of Balance and Diagnosis program.<\/p><\/div>\n

The painting is mostly shades of brown and gray with a few splotches of yellow and swaths of green. Well-worn buildings in a well-worn town are in the background, including a red-brick church that stands out.<\/p>\n

There are no people, just buildings that seem abandoned. Under an anemic sun, dead or dying sunflowers droop and the branches of near-leafless trees seem to beg to the sky.<\/p>\n

A group of medical students from Erlanger Hospital sit on the floor of the Hunter Museum of American Art, soaking in the painting, titled \u201cDecember Sun\u201d by Charles Burchfield. They are asked what they see in it from the standpoint of where they\u2019d like to practice medicine when they graduate. One student says he grew up in the north so he can imagine coming home after a day at work, lighting a fire and getting cozy. A town where she wouldn\u2019t want to live because its quiet solitude is the polar opposite of the energy in a big city, another offers.<\/p>\n

UTC graduate Michael Hankins (\u201914) says it reminds him of Linden, the small Tennessee town where he was raised, so it is familiar and somewhat comforting. That\u2019s the point of Art of Balance and Diagnosis, a class designed to help medical students touch base with their emotions, to drain some of the stress. While mixing art with medicine may seem somewhat akin to dancing about architecture, the program helps students understand that they\u2019ll be better doctors if they give themselves permission to step off the treadmill, if only for a little while.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow can we equip physicians in training and develop some habits really early in their practice where they\u2019re starting to ask questions about how are they taking care of themselves?\u201d asks Laurie Melnik, executive director of the Southeast Center for Education in the Arts at UTC and one of the program\u2019s directors.<\/p>\n

For the rest of the story, go to\u00a0https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/magazine\/issues\/01-02\/index.html#book\/29<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Art of Balance and Diagnosis program is designed to help medical students touch base with their emotions, to drain some of the stress, and help them be better doctors. <\/p>\n

Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1105,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,70,14,61,7712,12776],"tags":[563,72924,48120,949],"class_list":{"0":"post-22204","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-academics","7":"category-art","8":"category-college-of-arts-sciences","9":"category-faculty-and-staff","10":"category-news","11":"category-theatre-speech","12":"tag-erlanger","13":"tag-hunter-museum-of-american-art","14":"tag-laurie-melnik","15":"tag-southeast-center-for-education-in-the-arts","16":"entry","17":"has-post-thumbnail"},"yoast_head":"\nProgram uses art to help med students deal with stress | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Art of Balance and Diagnosis program is designed to help medical students touch base with their emotions, to drain some of the stress, and help them be better doctors.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Program uses art to help med students deal with stress | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Art of Balance and Diagnosis program is designed to help medical students touch base with their emotions, to drain some of the stress, and help them be better doctors.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/program-uses-art-to-help-med-students-deal-with-stress\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UTChattanooga\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-05-30T19:57:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-05-31T12:44:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/05\/Doctors.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Shawn Ryan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UTChattanooga\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UTChattanooga\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Shawn Ryan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/program-uses-art-to-help-med-students-deal-with-stress\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/program-uses-art-to-help-med-students-deal-with-stress\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Shawn Ryan\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7c7532013925b3412f8142e378b04942\"},\"headline\":\"Program uses art to help med students deal with stress\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-05-30T19:57:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-05-31T12:44:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/program-uses-art-to-help-med-students-deal-with-stress\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":413,\"commentCount\":1,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/program-uses-art-to-help-med-students-deal-with-stress\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/files\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/Doctors.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"erlanger\",\"Hunter Museum of American Art\",\"Laurie Melnik\",\"Southeast Center for Education in the Arts\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Academics\",\"Art\",\"College of Arts and Sciences\",\"Faculty and Staff\",\"News\",\"Theatre and Speech\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/program-uses-art-to-help-med-students-deal-with-stress\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/program-uses-art-to-help-med-students-deal-with-stress\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/program-uses-art-to-help-med-students-deal-with-stress\\\/\",\"name\":\"Program uses art to help med students deal with stress | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/program-uses-art-to-help-med-students-deal-with-stress\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/program-uses-art-to-help-med-students-deal-with-stress\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/files\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/Doctors.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-05-30T19:57:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-05-31T12:44:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7c7532013925b3412f8142e378b04942\"},\"description\":\"The Art of Balance and Diagnosis program is designed to help medical students touch base with their emotions, to drain some of the stress, and help them be better doctors.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/program-uses-art-to-help-med-students-deal-with-stress\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/program-uses-art-to-help-med-students-deal-with-stress\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/program-uses-art-to-help-med-students-deal-with-stress\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/files\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/Doctors.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/files\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/Doctors.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":821,\"caption\":\"Third-year medical students participate in The Art o f Balance, a program created by UTC, Erlanger Hospital and the Hunter Museum of American Art.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/program-uses-art-to-help-med-students-deal-with-stress\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Program uses art to help med students deal with stress\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\",\"description\":\"Official news releases of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7c7532013925b3412f8142e378b04942\",\"name\":\"Shawn Ryan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fd3380969898eaf8c8a869d0a88ec19c46f2edd41319a7a40d9c63946c900aa9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fd3380969898eaf8c8a869d0a88ec19c46f2edd41319a7a40d9c63946c900aa9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fd3380969898eaf8c8a869d0a88ec19c46f2edd41319a7a40d9c63946c900aa9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Shawn Ryan\"},\"description\":\"Shawn Ryan is the executive staff writer in the Office of Communications and Marketing at UTC.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/author\\\/hqv743\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Program uses art to help med students deal with stress | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","description":"The Art of Balance and Diagnosis program is designed to help medical students touch base with their emotions, to drain some of the stress, and help them be better doctors.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Program uses art to help med students deal with stress | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","og_description":"The Art of Balance and Diagnosis program is designed to help medical students touch base with their emotions, to drain some of the stress, and help them be better doctors.","og_url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/program-uses-art-to-help-med-students-deal-with-stress\/","og_site_name":"UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UTChattanooga","article_published_time":"2018-05-30T19:57:53+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-05-31T12:44:03+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/05\/Doctors.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Shawn Ryan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@UTChattanooga","twitter_site":"@UTChattanooga","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Shawn Ryan","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/program-uses-art-to-help-med-students-deal-with-stress\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/program-uses-art-to-help-med-students-deal-with-stress\/"},"author":{"name":"Shawn Ryan","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7c7532013925b3412f8142e378b04942"},"headline":"Program uses art to help med students deal with stress","datePublished":"2018-05-30T19:57:53+00:00","dateModified":"2018-05-31T12:44:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/program-uses-art-to-help-med-students-deal-with-stress\/"},"wordCount":413,"commentCount":1,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/program-uses-art-to-help-med-students-deal-with-stress\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/05\/Doctors.jpg","keywords":["erlanger","Hunter Museum of American Art","Laurie Melnik","Southeast Center for Education in the Arts"],"articleSection":["Academics","Art","College of Arts and Sciences","Faculty and Staff","News","Theatre and Speech"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/program-uses-art-to-help-med-students-deal-with-stress\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/program-uses-art-to-help-med-students-deal-with-stress\/","url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/program-uses-art-to-help-med-students-deal-with-stress\/","name":"Program uses art to help med students deal with stress | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/program-uses-art-to-help-med-students-deal-with-stress\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/program-uses-art-to-help-med-students-deal-with-stress\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/05\/Doctors.jpg","datePublished":"2018-05-30T19:57:53+00:00","dateModified":"2018-05-31T12:44:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7c7532013925b3412f8142e378b04942"},"description":"The Art of Balance and Diagnosis program is designed to help medical students touch base with their emotions, to drain some of the stress, and help them be better doctors.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/program-uses-art-to-help-med-students-deal-with-stress\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/program-uses-art-to-help-med-students-deal-with-stress\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/program-uses-art-to-help-med-students-deal-with-stress\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/05\/Doctors.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/05\/Doctors.jpg","width":1200,"height":821,"caption":"Third-year medical students participate in The Art o f Balance, a program created by UTC, Erlanger Hospital and the Hunter Museum of American Art."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/program-uses-art-to-help-med-students-deal-with-stress\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Program uses art to help med students deal with stress"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/","name":"UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","description":"Official news releases of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7c7532013925b3412f8142e378b04942","name":"Shawn Ryan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fd3380969898eaf8c8a869d0a88ec19c46f2edd41319a7a40d9c63946c900aa9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fd3380969898eaf8c8a869d0a88ec19c46f2edd41319a7a40d9c63946c900aa9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fd3380969898eaf8c8a869d0a88ec19c46f2edd41319a7a40d9c63946c900aa9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Shawn Ryan"},"description":"Shawn Ryan is the executive staff writer in the Office of Communications and Marketing at UTC.","url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/author\/hqv743\/"}]}},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Shawn Ryan","author_link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/author\/hqv743\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1105"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22204"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22219,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22204\/revisions\/22219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}