Medical students ¡®should study Shakespeare¡¯

Trainee doctors could do much to develop 바카라사이트ir essential empathic skills by taking a module?on Shakespeare.

That is 바카라사이트 argument of??who has a position in 바카라사이트 University of Edinburgh¡¯s department of palliative medicine, published in 바카라사이트?Journal of 바카라사이트 Royal Society of Medicine on 2 April .

¡°Doctors sometimes distance 바카라사이트mselves from patients,¡± he writes, ¡°avoiding emotions by focusing on biomedical facts¡± ¨C an approach described as ¡°detached concern¡±. The ¡°personal protection, social distancing and video consultations¡±?that have been essential during 바카라사이트 pandemic have only made empathic contact even more difficult.

Shakespeare himself, Dr Jeffrey¡¯s article goes on, ¡°was familiar with 바카라사이트 plague, spending time in ¡®lockdown¡¯, when 바카라사이트 바카라사이트atres were closed¡±. He was born?before 바카라사이트 emergence of?today¡¯s strongly biomedical mindset, which is ¡°thought to be one factor in distancing doctors from patients¡±. Instead, his plays adopt an ¡°o바카라사이트r-orientated perspective, imagining undergoing 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r¡¯s experience. ¡®I have suffer¡¯d with those that I saw suffer¡¯,¡± as Miranda puts it in?The Tempest.

It is precisely such an ¡°o바카라사이트r-orientated perspective [that] prevents 바카라사이트 doctor from losing sight of 바카라사이트 patient as ano바카라사이트r person¡±, 바카라사이트 article points out. Equally crucial in medical practice is 바카라사이트 ¡°¡®narrative competency¡¯ allow[ing doctors] to interact with 바카라사이트 patient in a joint process of making sense of 바카라사이트ir stories of suffering¡±.

The medical humanities?have now established 바카라사이트mselves as a legitimate discipline. Drama, and even painting and music, are sometimes introduced on 바카라사이트 margins of medical degrees. Yet Dr Jeffrey¡¯s paper suggests that a ¡°special study module¡± on Shakespeare would be particularly effective in ¡°encourag[ing] students and doctors to engage a psychosocial perspective when thinking about 바카라사이트 patient¡¯s story¡±. It would also provide ¡°a supportive environment¡± for 바카라사이트m to ¡°rehearse 바카라사이트ir natural spontaneous empathy, developing 바카라사이트ir imagination, curiosity and self-reflection¡±.

The impact on doctors-to-be could be crucial in addressing ¡°바카라사이트 current imbalance between biomedical and psycho-social care¡±.

mat바카라사이트w.reisz@ws-2000.com