Narrative medicine as a teaching strategy for nursing students to developing professionalism, empathy and humanistic caring ability: a randomized controlled trial

BMC Medical Education

Research

Jin Xue¹  Jingxin Zhou²  Yuan Bu²  Yongbing Liu²  Mengxin Xue²  Huiping Sun²  Junchao Qu²  Siqi Ji² 

[1] Guangling College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China;School of Nursing and Public Health, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China;

关键词: Narrative medicine;    Professionalism;    Empathy;    Humanistic care;    Nursing students;    Controlled trial;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12909-023-04026-5

 received in 2022-07-31, accepted in 2023-01-12,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundNarrative medicine has become a solution to cultivate medical students’ ability of empathy and humanistic care. However, the role of narrative medicine is lacking in the study of professionalism. The aim of this study was to analyze the effects of narrative medical theory learning and narrative writing on professionalism, empathy and humanistic care ability of nursing students.MethodsThis cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted between June 2021 and June 2022 in two universities in Jiangsu, China. The participants of this study were 85 nursing students who were randomly divided into the intervention group (n = 43) or the control group (n = 42). Participants in the intervention group were trained in narrative medical theory learning and narrative writing based on a Web-based platform, while those in the control group were not. Self-report questionnaires of professionalism, empathy and humanistic care ability were used before and after intervention.ResultsThe results showed that the professionalism score of the intervention group was (68.7 ± 6.8 vs. 64.5 ± 7.5; P = 0.005), empathy (99.4 ± 15.7 vs. 92.2 ± 14.6; P = 0.014) and humanistic care ability (127.6 ± 20.0 vs. 113.3 ± 18.8; P = 0.004) were better than the control group.ConclusionThe results of this quantitative study suggest that narrative medical theory education and narrative writing based on the network platform can promote the development of professionalism, empathy and humanistic care ability of nursing undergraduates.

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