Teaching medical students to recognize demoralization

• Autores: Julia B. Frank
• Localización: European journal of psychiatry, ISSN 0213-6163, Vol. 27, Nº 1, 2013, págs. 36-41
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Background and Objectives: Concepts such as demoralization fit well into Problem or Case-based learning methods that encourage students to organize knowledge based on clinical problems, rather than according to the disciplines of basic science.

    Methods: At two US schools, psychiatry clerkship students learn about demoralization and psychotherapy through structured, case based exercises that teach them to elicit and respond to patients� life stories in ways that emphasize hope and empowerment.

    Results: Students� reactions to these exercises, though mixed, suggest that they may enhance students� understanding of the universal elements of distress (demoralization) that cut across many disabling conditions and of the role that caregivers may play in compounding or relieving this distress.

    Conclusions: Learning to recognize and respond to demoralization is an advanced communication skill that can be introduced during a psychiatry clerkship.