March 2, 2007

Learning to See, in Order to Heal

By KATHERINE MANGAN

Katie Lazure, a third-year medical student here at the University of Nebraska, gazes intently at the patient in front of her and observes his slumped posture, expressionless face, and hooded, half-closed eyes.

Then she turns to the page in front of her, and starts to draw. For the next five minutes, the only sound in the room is the squeaking of charcoal pencils on paper, as the patient begins to take form on more than a dozen drawing pads.

On Ms. Lazure's page, the clenched

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