Il metodo delle Visual Thinking Strategies utilizza l’osservazione dell’arte come pratica formativa. Le VTS hanno, infatti, l'obiettivo di favorire lo sviluppo di abilità e competenze funzionali all'analisi semeiologica e alla comunicazione empatica col paziente. Il metodo VTS aiuta a sviluppare il cosiddetto “occhio clinico” - fondamentale nell’esame obiettivo - per favorire l'acquisizione di informazioni sulla salute del paziente attraverso un’attenta osservazione, il ragionamento critico e l’intuizione. La pratica delle VTS incoraggia, altresì, il riconoscimento e la comprensione della complessità e il problem solving, stimola le capacità relazionali e comunicative e promuove il lavoro di gruppo.

The term Narrative Medicine defines a type of clinical-care intervention based on the use of narrative. Narrative is the fundamental tool to acquire, understand and integrate the different points of view of those involved in the care process. The goal is the shared construction of a personalised care pathway (care story). Narrative Medicine integrates with Evidence Based Medicine to promote clinical multidimensional, personalised, effective and appropriate care interventions. Through their stories, persons become protagonists of the care process.

Too often we forget how important it is, as a real professional tool, to take care of oneself and to feel good about oneself and one's work in order to be able to offer patients the best care and attention. Taking care of oneself is an indispensable practice to be able to take care of others. Humanistic knowledge offers itself as a tool for investigation and reflection in order to be able to think about and transform care practices starting from one's own wellbeing, experience, and living, redefining the very meaning of care and one's own work. Thus, shared reflection can be a real tool for carers, an aid in the prevention of stress, anxiety and burnout.