A seminar in ‘Plain Doctoring’

Billings, Jenny R.; Coles, Ryan Scott; Reiser, Stanley Joel; Stoeckle, John D.

doi:10.1097/00001888-198511000-00005

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“…In most medical schools scant attention is paid to the teaching of the humanities, though the increasing teaching of ethics is changing this, and extracts from literature have been used for this purpose (Moore 1977). More recently several publications have emphasized the importance of humanities and literature in medical education (Warren 1984; Billings et al 1985; Ouzts & Newland 1985; Radaway & Adelson 1987). With these remarks as an introduction we report here the findings from a short course on literature and medicine for medical students.…”

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Literature and medicine: a short course for medical students

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A course on literature and medicine for medical students is described. A wide range of books, plays and poems were used with medical and non-medical themes. Students enjoyed the course and particularly welcomed the non-medical components. The staff learned at least as much as the students. Several book lists were developed with input from the students. Such a course might have a part to play in several parts of the medical course, such as in the teaching of ethics.

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Literature and medicine: a short course for medical students

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“…[23][24][25][26] Stories-personal narratives-can serve as launching points for emotionally rich discussions and ethical reasoning. 27 Art, in all its sensory forms, can stimulate both emotion and imagination, which through reflection and dialogue can in turn sharpen awareness, enhance empathy, and facilitate a constructive approach to uniting the affective and cognitive facets of patient care into one wise therapeutic process-plain doctoring, 28 the generalist practice of family medicine.…”

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Storylines of family medicine V: ways of thinking—honing the therapeutic self

Ventres,

Stone,

Shapiro

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Fam Med Com Health

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Storylines of Family Medicineis a 12-part series of thematically linked essays with accompanying illustrations that explore the many dimensions of family medicine, as interpreted by individual family physicians and medical educators in the USA and elsewhere around the world. In ‘V: ways of thinking—honing the therapeutic self’, authors present the following sections: ‘Reflective practice in action’, ‘The doctor as drug—Balint groups’, ‘Cultivating compassion’, ‘Towards a humanistic approach to doctoring’, ‘Intimacy in family medicine’, ‘The many faces of suffering’, ‘Transcending suffering’ and ‘The power of listening to stories.’ May readers feel a deeper sense of their own therapeutic agency by reflecting on these essays.

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