"A sorely neglected field": A multisite study of self-reported humanities exposure among emergency medicine residents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Association of American Medical Colleges has identified the humanities as fundamental to medical education across all specialties. Evidence from undergraduate medical education (UME) demonstrates the humanities' positive impacts on outcomes that could be relevant to patient care and trainee well-being in emergency medicine (EM) residency training. However, less is known about the humanities' role in graduate medical education (GME).

Objectives

The objectives were to describe EM residents' self-reported exposure to the humanities and its relationship with their empathy, tolerance of ambiguity, and patient-centeredness, and to assess their attitudes toward the humanities in GME.

Methods

This cross-sectional survey-based study was conducted at six U.S. EM

SUBMITTER: Balhara KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9242415 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature