Association between narrative ability and humanistic caring ability of clinical interns
10.3760/cma.j.cn116021-20241120-02042
- VernacularTitle:临床医学专业实习生叙事能力与人文关怀能力的相关性分析
- Author:
Ke HE
1
;
Ren LIU
;
Qing WU
;
Wenjing LU
;
Demei YANG
Author Information
1. 中山大学附属第五医院感染管理科，珠海 519000
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Humanistic caring;
Narrative medicine;
Medical intern
- From:
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research
2025;24(10):1423-1428
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To assess the humanistic caring ability of clinical interns, analyze its influencing factors, explore the correlation between humanistic caring ability and narrative ability, and provide a basis for formulating narrative medical education scheme for clinical interns.Methods:A total of 163 clinical interns from the Class of 2020 completing internships at a Grade A tertiary hospital in Zhuhai were enrolled as research subjects using convenience sampling. A questionnaire survey was conducted using a baseline demographic survey, a humanistic caring ability inventory, and a medical narrative ability scale. Pearson correlation analysis and multiple linear regression analysis were conducted to explore the influencing factors for humanistic caring ability and its correlation with narrative ability.Results:The overall score of humanistic caring ability was (187.52±20.30). There were significant differences between groups in self-evaluation of humanistic caring ability, degree of satisfaction with the major, and relationship with classmates ( P<0.05). There was a positive correlation between narrative ability and caring ability in both total score and individual dimensions ( r=0.600, P<0.01). After adjusting for demographic differences, relationship with classmates ( β=0.138, P=0.042), attentive listening ( β=0.354, P<0.01), and reflective representation ( β=0.259, P=0.008) exhibited a significant positive impact on humanistic caring ability. However, this impact was not observed for the understanding-response dimension. Conclusions:The humanistic caring ability of clinical interns is low and their medical narrative ability is positively correlated with their humanistic caring ability. Therefore, narrative medical education should focus on training medical students' attentive listening and reflective representation to enhance humanistic literacy and promote their career development.
