title: What can we learn from narratives in medical education?
abstract: Medical literature has demonstrated the effectiveness of narrative writing in enhancing self-reflection and empathy, which opens the door for deeper understanding of patients' experiences of illness. Similarly, it promotes practitioner well-being. Therefore, it is no surprise that narrative writing finds a new home in medical education. The Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), through its Outcome Project, established six core competencies that every residency program must teach. However, no specific pedagogies were suggested. We explored the role that narrative writing can play in reconciling the ACGME core competencies with daily encounters in medical education. Our study suggests a hidden wealth in reflective writing through narratives with a promising potential for application in medical education. Reflective writing may turn out to be an innovative tool for teaching and evaluating ACGME core competencies.
authors.affiliation: Residency Program Director at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center and the Fontana Medical Center in CA. samir.d.johna@kp.org.
authors.forename: Samir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Johna
authors.affiliation: General Surgery Resident at the Arrowhead Regional/Kaiser Fontana General Surgery Residency Program in CA. bjwoodwa@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Brandon
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Woodward
authors.affiliation: General Surgery Resident at the Arrowhead Regional/Kaiser Fontana General Surgery Residency Program in CA. sunal17@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sunal
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Patel
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D002983:Clinical Competence; D032882:Comprehension; D003479:Curriculum; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D004645:Empathy; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D007858:Learning; D033262:Narration; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D014956:Writing