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Emotions, narratives, and ethical mindfulness.
Marilys Guillemin1, Lynn Gillam
1M. Guillemin is professor, Centre for Health Equity, School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. L. Gillam is professor, Centre for Health Equity, School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, and academic director, Children's Bioethics Centre, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Summary
Addressing emotions in health professions education is crucial for developing humane clinicians. Narrative ethics pedagogy fosters ethical mindfulness, enhancing clinicians
Area of Science:
- Medical Ethics
- Health Professions Education
- Clinical Psychology
Background:
- Clinical care inherently involves complex emotions for both patients and healthcare providers.
- Integrating emotional intelligence into health professions curricula is vital for cultivating compassionate and technically proficient clinicians.
- Emotions play a significant and constructive role in the ethical education of healthcare professionals.
Purpose of the Study:
- To extend the concept of narrative ethics pedagogy and ethical mindfulness to encompass the role of emotions in clinical practice.
- To examine five key features of ethical mindfulness in relation to emotions within clinical care settings.
- To provide strategies for effectively integrating emotional understanding and management into narrative ethics teaching.
Main Methods:
- Utilized a narrative ethics pedagogy framework aimed at developing "ethical mindfulness."
- Defined ethical mindfulness as a state of awareness recognizing the significance of everyday ethical moments in clinical practice.
- Analyzed five features of ethical mindfulness related to emotions: sensitization, understanding significance, articulation, reflexivity, and courage.
Main Results:
- The process of engaging with narratives can cultivate ethical mindfulness and the ability to understand and manage emotions.
- Identified five distinct features of ethical mindfulness concerning emotions in clinical practice.
- Demonstrated that narrative engagement can enhance emotional capacity within an ethical framework.
Conclusions:
- Narrative ethics pedagogy offers a valuable approach to developing ethical mindfulness and emotional competence in healthcare professionals.
- Addressing emotionality within an ethical framework in medical education, though challenging, is a worthwhile endeavor.
- The findings support the integration of emotional considerations into health professions education to foster more humane and effective clinical practice.
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