Purpose:The aim of this study is to see what medical students think about the role of spouse of a devoted medical doctor through the book reports of The Painted Veil (1925).Methods:The 53 medical students were asked to read Maugham’s The Painted Veil and to have a discussion. In their book reports, following questions were asked to be included: What it is like to be married a devoted medical doctor? Do you think that patients realize, value, and respect the importance of doctor’s work? In the outbreak of highly infectious and fatal disease, can you carry out a heroic fight to control it?Results:Among the 53 respondents, seven students (13%) answered that they would be happy if they marry a devoted doctor and scientist and 34 (64%) unhappy. The remaining 12 (23%) could not make a decision. The six students (11%) answered that doctor is valued and respected by patients while 46 (87%) answered doctor is neither valued nor respected. The remaining one (2%) could not decide. The 20 students (38%) answered that they would fight for the infectious disease and the remaining 30 (57%) answered that they would not. The remaining three (5%) could not determine their mind.Conclusion:The Painted Veil induced a virtue of “life of balance and harmony” and “attitude of doctor who give superiority to responsibility and duty over prestige and wealth” from the medical students. It could be a good teaching material for medical humanity.
Purpose:The purpose of this study is to find what medical students think the reward for their future work should be and whether they would keep their ideals or abandon them for prestige and wealth by analyzing the book reports of Cronin’s The Citadel.Methods:Participants were 50 medical students of junior class. A month before the classroom lecture, the book and digital video disk were provided. Students had discussions in groups of seven and wrote book reports which include answers of three questions.Results:Regarding what should be the reward for the medical doctor, two-thirds of students (66.7%) answered with spiritual compensation, while one-third (33.3%) chose material reward. In the situation presented to Manson, three-fifths (60.0%) answered they would keep their ideals (idealist), while the remaining two-fifths (40.0%) decided they would abandon them. Less than one-third of students (30.0%) answered they would reveal the corruptions of the doctor’s society, while two-thirds (64.0%) would not.Conclusion:The larger number of idealists who prefer spiritual reward rather than a material reward represents the innocence of youth as in portrayed in The Citadel.
Background: We analysed book reports written by medical students on 1) Bulgakov's A Young Doctor's Notebook and 2) Zweig's The Right to Heresy: Castellio against Calvin. Methods: About 50 medical students were asked to read the above books. In the book reports, the following questions were included: 1) Do patients have confidence in medical doctors? What is needed to gain a patient's trust? Can a doctor's good will and efforts make patients trust their doctor? Would it be helpful for a doctor to write a narrative of his or her own experiences to obtain patients' trust? 2) Should the medical doctor engage in wide variety of activities or focus on the medical profession? Would you risk your life for your convictions? Why is tolerance by medical doctors currently needed? Results: Of the students, 50% thought that patients do not have confidence in their medical doctors, while 34% answered that patients trust doctors; 46% answered that competence is needed for a doctor to be trusted by patients, 84% stated that good will and efforts will make patients trust their doctor, and 60% replied that it would be useful for a doctor to write a narrative of own experiences to obtain patients' trust. Eighty-four percent thought that it is desirable for medical doctors to participate in a wide variety of activities, and 60% answered that they would risk their life for their convictions. Discussion: Our findings regarding students' perceptions indicate that these readings are good teaching materials for medical humanities.
The aim of this study was to investigate medical students' thought processes regarding whether to reveal the truth about a suspected malingering patient by analysing their book reports on Shalamov's Kolyma Tales (1974). Methods: The participants were 47 medical students in their junior year. The book was provided a month before the classroom lecture. Students had discussions in groups of 7 and wrote book reports that included answers to 3 questions. Results: Most students (39, 83.0%) answered that they had faked an illness previously, and abdominal pain (21, 53.8%) was the most frequently feigned illness. On the pre-reading questionnaire, 14 (29.8%) answered that they would reveal the truth by fair means or foul, whereas 15 (32.0%) would turn a blind eye to a malingering patient. On the post-reading questionnaire, however, 17 (36.2%) answered that they would reveal the truth, while 22 (46.8%) answered that they would turn a blind eye. It is notable that among the 18 students (38.2%) who replied that whether they would reveal the truth depended on the situation on the pre-reading questionnaire, 3 (6.3%) instead stated on the post-reading questionnaire that they would reveal the truth, while 7 (14.9%) answered that they would turn a blind eye. The remaining 8 (17.0%) did not change their mind and still replied that it depended on the situation. Conclusion: It is thought that reading and discussing this story gave the students the opportunity to think about how to manage malingering patients, as portrayed in Shalamov's Kolyma Tales (1974).
Purpose:In South Korean ferry disaster in 2014, the captain abandoned the ship with passengers including high school students still aboard. We noticed the resemblance of abandoning the ship with passengers still aboard the ferry (named the Sewol) and the ship Patna, which was full of pilgrims, in Joseph Conrad’s novel “Lord Jim.” The aim of this study is to see how medical students think about the role of a medical doctor as a captain of a ship by analyzing book reports on Conrad’s “Lord Jim.”Methods:Participants included 49 third-year medical students. Their book reports were analyzed.Results:If placed in the same situation as the character of Jim, 24 students of the 49 respondents answered that they would stay with the passengers, while 18 students indicated they would escape from the ship with the crew. Most of the students thought the role of a doctor in the medical field was like that of a ‘captain.’ The medical students reported that they wanted to be a doctor who is responsible for his or her patients, highly moral, warm-hearted, honest, and with high self-esteem. Conclusion:In conclusion, we found that “Lord Jim” induced the virtue of ‘responsibility’ from the medical students. Consequently, “Lord Jim” could be good teaching material for medical humanities.
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