Narrative in Medicine
Activity
PC Session
PC Session
Stories are the way in which humans make sense of the world and share experience with each other. They are as important in sickness, suffering, recovery, health, and medical practice as in any other area of human life. This session will introduce students to the richness of narrative in medicine.
Curriculum Block
Part 2 / Professional Competencies 2 / Week 5
- Indicates most relevant
Objectives
General Objectives
- Illustrate the difference between disease and illness, and plan an approach to understanding the patient’s illness experience.
- Assess the use of narrative in the process of meaning-making, both for patients and for clinicians.
Assessments
PC Interim Student Assessment
PC Reflective Physician Portfolio
PC Integrative Exercise
Tags
CanMEDS Roles
Communicator
Medical Expert
Scholar
Curriculum Block
Part 2
Professional Competencies 2
Week 5
Curriculum Week
Part 2
Week 5
Discipline
Indigenous Health
Longitudinal Discipline
Indigenous Health
Priority Groups
MCC Presentations
Concepts of Health and Its Determinants
Indigenous Health
McMaster Professional Competency
Professionalism and Self-Awareness
Social, Cultural and Humanistic Dimensions of Health
McMaster Program Competencies
2.1 Demonstrate an understanding of what knowledge is, the strengths and limitations of different ways of knowing, and how knowledge is created in historical, cultural and social contexts.
3.8 Obtain and use information about individual patients and their caregivers, populations of patients, or communities with which patients identify to improve care
4.1 Communicate effectively with patients, families, and the public, as appropriate, across a broad range of socioeconomic and sociocultural backgrounds
4.3 Demonstrate sensitivity, honesty, and compassion in difficult conversations, including those about death, end of life, adverse events, bad news, disclosure of errors, and other sensitive topics
4.4 Demonstrate insight and understanding about emotions and human responses to emotions that allow one to develop and manage interpersonal interactions, including the ability to manage one’s own interpersonal responses
5.2 Demonstrate compassion, integrity, and respect for others
5.6 Demonstrate a critical understanding of personal, professional and institutional power and privilege and utilize anti-oppressive practice to create patient experiences where marginalization and oppression are minimized.
8.3 Develop the ability to use self-awareness of knowledge, skills, and emotional limitation to seek help appropriately
8.4 Demonstrate awareness and acceptance of different points of view
8.5 Recognize that ambiguity is part of clinical health care and respond by utilizing appropriate resources in dealing with uncertainty
MeSH
Indigenous Canadians [M01.270.968.500.600.375]
Indigenous Canadians [M01.270.968.500.600.375]
Indigenous Peoples [M01.270.968]
Narrative Medicine [N05.715.520]
Personal Narratives [V02.170.750]
Social Sciences [I01]
Professional Competency
Yes