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William T Branch1

  • 1Department of Medicine, and director, Division of General Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. William_branch@emoryhealthcare.org

Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
|April 28, 2006
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Teaching medical respect requires conscious effort and integrating bedside modeling with narrative reflection. This approach aims to foster genuine respect as an inner quality, overcoming clinical barriers.

Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Professionalism
  • Patient-Physician Relationship

Background:

  • Respect is a fundamental tenet of medical professionalism.
  • Physician awareness of their respectful attitude towards patients is often limited.
  • Current clinical settings present significant challenges in effectively teaching respect.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore methods for enhancing the teaching of respect in medical education.
  • To transform respect from a mere behavior into an ingrained inner quality for physicians.
  • To identify strategies for overcoming barriers in teaching patient respect within clinical environments.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing James Agee's 'Let Us Now Praise Famous Men' to illustrate deep respect.
  • Combining direct modeling of respect during bedside teaching.

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  • Implementing formal teaching exercises with patients and critical reflection on patient care narratives.

    • Main Results:

    • Proposed synergistic approach to overcome barriers in teaching respect.
    • Emphasis on developing self-awareness and internalizing respect.
    • Integration of narrative reflection to deepen learners' understanding and experience of respect.

    Conclusions:

    • Effective teaching of respect necessitates bringing it to full consciousness.
    • A combined strategy of modeling, formal exercises, and narrative reflection can foster genuine respect.
    • Developing respect as an inner quality is crucial for medical professionalism.