Objective To explore the role of narrative medicine in empathy training in standardized training of general practitioners. Methods A total of 230 general practitioners under neurology training among the 2018-2020 residents in the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University were enrolled in this study and randomly divided into the study and control groups. The study group received narrative medical education in addition to the standardized routine resident training. The medical student version of the Jefferson Empirology Scale (Jefferson empathy scale for medical students, JES-MS) was used to evaluate the empathy teaching results of the study group and compare the neurology professional knowledge test scores of the two groups. Results In the study group, the empathy ability score was higher than the pre-teaching score (P<0.01). The neurological professional knowledge examination score of the study group physicians was higher than that in the control group, albeit not significantly. Conclusion The addition of narrative medical education in the standardized training improves the empathy of general practitioners and professional knowledge of neurology.
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