Writing Well: The Long-Term Effect on Empathy, Observation, and Physician Writing Through a Residency Writers' Workshop
| Autor: | Anna Reisman, John Encandela, Megan Lemay, Lisa Sanders |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Writing
media_common.quotation_subject MEDLINE Empathy 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Burnout computer.software_genre Time Likert scale Craft 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Physicians Humans Medicine Narrative 030212 general & internal medicine media_common Publishing Medical education Multimedia business.industry Brief Report Internship and Residency General Medicine business computer Meaning (linguistics) |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Graduate Medical Education. 9:357-360 |
| ISSN: | 1949-8357 1949-8349 |
| DOI: | 10.4300/jgme-d-16-00366.1 |
| Popis: | Background Writing narratives during medical training can provide a way to derive meaning from challenging experiences, enhance reflection, and combat burnout. The Yale Internal Medicine Residency Writers' Workshop, an annual 2-day intensive workshop followed by faculty-guided writing revision and publication, has been training resident physicians in the craft of writing since 2003. Objective The study aimed to assess the long-term effects of a craft-focused writers' workshop for residents on empathy, observation skills, and future writing. Methods A survey of closed and open-ended questions was sent to former workshop participants (2003–2013), who rated and described the workshop's influence on their observation skills, empathy, improvement in writing, and continued informal and formal writing. A total of 89 of 130 participants (68%) completed the online survey. We identified key themes in written responses and collected quantitative ratings on a 5-point Likert scale of self-reported influence on these factors. Simple statistics and narrative analysis were used to derive results. Results Most participants agreed or strongly agreed that the workshop influenced their ability for careful observation (72 of 85, 85%); ability to be empathic with patients or colleagues (51 of 77, 66%); quality of writing (69 of 77, 90%); and continued formal or informal writing (52 of 77 [68%] and 41 of 77 [53%], respectively). Participants felt the workshop improved their attention to detail, provided a deeper understanding of others' experiences, and improved their writing. Conclusions Participants in a residency writers' workshop experienced lasting effects on observation, empathy, and writing skills. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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