Teaching Confidentiality through Comics at One Spanish Medical School

Abstract

At the University of Zaragoza in Spain we developed an innovative way to teach the concept of confidentiality to medical students, which we tested by comparing the use of customized comics with more traditional methods. We proved that using comics is more attractive to students than lectures and class discussions, that it increases class participation and students' self-awareness of learning, and that it maintains the same academic results. We share our experience visually in a two-page comic.

The role of undergraduate medical students training in respect for patient confidentiality

“…It is not suggested that medical schools replace more traditional bioethical theoretical teaching with the teaching of everyday ethics but rather to consider it a necessary supplement [ 24 ]. Thus, theoretical training is recommended, which is based on the analysis of clinical cases in which problems related to confidentiality arising in clinical practice are posed as well as direct exposure to situations in which the patient’s privacy is questioned [ 25 , 26 ].…”

El cómic como herramienta en el mundo sanitario.

“…Esto es podría ser útil en varias áreas y asignaturas. En un proyecto de innovación docente en la Facultad de Medicina de Zaragoza demostramos que los cómics eran un medio excelente para la enseñanza de comunicación y ética (24). A partir de ese estudio resultó la publicación de Con-Ciencia Médica ( 25…”