Poetry in medicine: a pedagogical tool to foster empathy among medical students and health care professionals

IF 1 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Journal of Poetry Therapy Pub Date : 2022-03-03 DOI:10.1080/08893675.2022.2043119

Anuradha Joshi, Swapnil J. Paralikar, Shreya Kataria, Juhi Kalra, Sheetal Harkunni, Tejinder Singh

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ABSTRACT Throughout human history, poetry has enjoyed a coveted place at the high table among tools to communicate one's feelings. Now, poetry writing is considered a useful method to teach sophisticated affective skills like empathy. Empathy has been found to decrease in medical students as they progress through the medical school. SSeveral reviews and studies in past have revealed that empathy training, benefits medical students and health care professionals. In lines with this, poetry in medical education can help build empathy in budding medical students by promoting reflection and understanding in clinical practice. Also, poetry offers numerous other advantages like it strengthens intercommunication, encourages constructive interpretations of circumstances as well as fosters creativity among students. To ensure that the potential of this method is realized, the current article discusses and explores the role of poetry as a tool to teach, cultivate and enhance empathy among medical students and health care professionals.

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医学诗歌：培养医学生和医疗保健专业人员同理心的教学工具

摘要纵观人类历史，诗歌在交流情感的工具中占据了令人垂涎的地位。现在，诗歌写作被认为是教授同理心等复杂情感技能的一种有用方法。研究发现，随着医学院的学习，医学生的同理心会减少。过去的一些评论和研究表明，同理心训练对医学生和医疗保健专业人员都有好处。与此相一致，医学教育中的诗歌可以通过促进临床实践中的反思和理解，帮助初出茅庐的医学生建立同理心。此外，诗歌还提供了许多其他优势，比如它加强了相互交流，鼓励对环境进行建设性的解释，以及培养学生的创造力。为了确保这种方法的潜力得以实现，本文讨论并探索了诗歌作为一种工具在医学生和医疗保健专业人员中教授、培养和增强同理心的作用。

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Journal of Poetry Therapy PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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