Medical Student-led Activities to Listen to Patients' Narratives and Laugh at Each Other
10.14442/generalist.46.78
- VernacularTitle:学生が主体となり患者の語りを聞き，互いに語り笑い合う活動
- Author:
Ryuichiro NISHIOKA
;
Moe KURODA
;
Kaku KURODA
- Keywords:
patients' narratives;
understand patients' point of view;
students' self-reflection;
patients' sense of meaning
- From:An Official Journal of the Japan Primary Care Association
2023;46(2):78-80
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
We organized regular, student-led activities in which medical students listened to patients' narratives and engaged in casual conversation. This report reviews these activities, which were conducted 28 times between June 2020 and September 2022. Through the activities, we received feedback on feelings, new perspectives, and realizations that arose from both students and patients. Our findings suggest that listening to patients' narratives helped students self-reflect and understand the patients' perspectives. Moreover, interacting with students helped patients feel a sense of meaning and a new understanding of their illness.
