Applying digital storytelling in the medical oncology curriculum: Effects on students’ achievement and critical thinking

Abbaszadeh, Hamid; Mojtahedzadeh, Rita; Mohammadi, Aeen; Sandars, John; Emami, Seyed Amir Hossein

doi:10.1016/j.amsu.2021.102528

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“…• Enhanced building of cultural sensitivity and contextual considerations [ 114 , 124 , 130 , 136 , 140 , 143 , 170 , 173 – 182 ]…”

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The role of patients’ stories in medicine: a systematic scoping review

Quah,

Chua,

Lin

et al. 2023

BMC Palliat Care

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Background Patients’ stories provide Palliative Care physicians with a glimpse into the former’s lives and their psycho-emotional, sociocultural, and contextual considerations. Yet, few physicians are trained to interpret and apply patients’ stories in their practice. Inherent variability in how stories are transmitted and interpreted raises questions over their potential effects on care. Amidst a dearth of accounts in Palliative Care, we map current use of patient stories to guide the training, assessment, and oversight of this ‘care influencing’ practice in medicine. Methods This systematic scoping review was guided by the Systematic Evidence-Based Approach (SEBA) to ensure a reproducible and structured approach. The themes and categories identified through the Split Approach’s concurrent and independent thematic and directed content analyses provided a comprehensive sketch of the included articles. The Jigsaw Perspective combined the themes and categories identified. The last stage of SEBA compared these results with two recent reviews of storytelling to ensure consistency of the domains created that guided the discussion. Results Ten thousand two hundred seven articles were reviewed, 963 full text articles were evaluated, and 199 articles were included. The four domains identified were study characteristics, benefits, approaches, and positive effects and concerns. Conclusion Stories support patient-centered, personalized, and holistic clinical care. However, variability in the stories, their interpretations and use in care decisions underscore the need for further study on the structuring, teaching, assessing, and delivery of this ‘care influencing’ practice.

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“…• Enhanced building of cultural sensitivity and contextual considerations [ 114 , 124 , 130 , 136 , 140 , 143 , 170 , 173 – 182 ]…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The role of patients’ stories in medicine: a systematic scoping review

Quah,

Chua,

Lin

et al. 2023

BMC Palliat Care

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“…20 Digital storytelling allows better health decisions by knowledge sharing and critical thinking for available evidence-based data with patients, HPCs, caregivers, and policy makers. 20,21 Recently plain language summaries (PLS) have gained interest and are becoming an established part of company-sponsored research publications. PLS are short abstracts of peer-reviewed medical publications but written in lay-man language so as to be easily understood by patients and caregivers.…”

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Changing Landscape and Future of Medical Affairs Post COVID-19 Pandemic Era

Jain¹

2022

Int J Sci Healthcare Res

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A striking change in the external stakeholders’ engagement due to unexpected scenarios as a result of COVID-19 pandemic has hurled the medical affairs (MA) function into innovative strategies of scientific engagements and patient-centric activities. Expansion of MA functions including rising regulatory and compliance inspections, an increased patient centricity and more requirements for RWE, have created the importance of medical affairs not just being the support function but as a trusted strategic pillar in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry. There is certainly a silver lining due to strong digital transformation within these adverse times. The present review is focused on digital transformation for dissemination of medical information and its advantages over traditional ways. In today’s pandemic era HCPs have embraced the idea of virtual CMEs and digital storytelling which has necessitated the MA function to become more agile, adapted and look for collaborations. Both the exponential and radical improvements are required to strengthen this transition, in the new normal of a post-COVID era. The digital innovation in three key vitals viz. HCP engagement, external partnerships and data generation will allow MA to become future fit as a strategic leadership function. Moreover, the recommendations from executive committees of renowned international societies such as APPA, IFAPP, MAPS and MSLS, who have contributed for MA function to create their own standard operating procedures (SOPs), policies which are relevant for industry, are also discussed. Keywords: COVID-19, digital transformation, massive open online courses, medical affairs, omni-channel; real- world evidence

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“…However, fewer studies have addressed the effect of education level, experience level, and clinical observations on critical thinking [ 36 ]. Also, limited studies have evaluated CT skills in residency programs [ 5 , 18 , 37 , 38 ]. There is some work being done to promote CT in Medical schools in Iran, where the situational judgment test incorporates the Programme assesses constructs closely related to critical thinking [ 39 ].…”

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Evaluating and comparing critical thinking skills of residents of Tehran University of Medical Sciences

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Background Today’s complexities and diversity in the clinical setting have revealed the need to pay attention to strengthening critical thinking (CT) skills. The present study aimed to evaluate and compare CT skills in the residents of the Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Methods This is a cross-sectional study. The study's statistical population included 284 residents in orthopedic, internal medicine, and surgery groups studying in the PGY1 to PGY4 years of residency. The data collection tool was the California Critical Thinking Skills Test (CCTST) form B. The collected data were entered into SPSS-16 software and analyzed using descriptive (mean and standard deviation) and inferential (one-way ANOVA) statistics. The significant level in all tests was considered at P < 0.05. Results 189 out of 284 residents completed and returned the questionnaire, and the response rate was 66%. The mean CT skill score of residents (M = 13.81, SD = 3.52) was lower than the optimal level (M = 17.1 SD = 5.0). Comparing the mean CT skill scores of the residents separately for the residency year revealed a significant decrease in CT scores in the 4 years. A significant difference was found between the CT skill scores in the three groups (internal medicine, general surgery, and orthopedic surgery). Conclusion The CT skills of the residents of Tehran University of Medical Sciences were generally below the optimal level. The CT score of the residents show an increase in PGY2, but a decrease in PGY3 and PGY4. Due to the emphasis of accreditation institutions, the World Federation for Medical Education, and other international educational institutions on the importance of critical thinking, it is recommended to pay more attention to the factors related to the promotion and development of CT skills in residency programs.

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Applying digital storytelling in the medical oncology curriculum: Effects on students’ achievement and critical thinking

Cited by 9 publications

References 16 publications

The role of patients’ stories in medicine: a systematic scoping review

The role of patients’ stories in medicine: a systematic scoping review

Changing Landscape and Future of Medical Affairs Post COVID-19 Pandemic Era

Evaluating and comparing critical thinking skills of residents of Tehran University of Medical Sciences

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