Using drawing and situated learning to teach transitional care to post-graduate residents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The "draw-and-talk" technique has become popular in medical training, as it can help healthcare practitioners develop empathic understanding of patients and contribute to personal transformation. We adopted this method to make the teaching of transitional care planning more relevant to post-graduate residents undergoing their internal medicine training at a medical center in Taiwan.

Methods

Before the conventional lecture on discharge planning, trainees were invited to draw their "home" and "life as older adults" and share their drawings with others. Subsequently, they were guided to consider whether their home would be livable if they either had a disability or were old. The drawings and narratives were analyzed thematically, and feedback on the session was colle

SUBMITTER: Liaw FY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9494879 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature