Ceara
Murphy
Graduate Student
Wayne State University
Ceara Murphy is a licensed K-12 art teacher and a graduate student at Wayne State University in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Art Therapy program. She has worked both in education and for clinical providers in the field of art therapy. Murphy currently works as a high school art teacher in Southwest Detroit.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Wayne State University’s School of Medicine, Art Therapy Program, and the Art Administration program collaborated to explore student ability to better analyze and interpret imagery. Wayne State School of Medicine is unique in that it offers ultrasound training as part of the basic science curriculum. Students learn ultrasonography as a technique to recognize normal human anatomy and to facilitate clinical diagnoses, however, interpretation of the images is a challenge and a competency that is evolving. Within the health field, professionals interpret patient assessments through their own…