Humanistic medicine in anaesthesiology: development and assessment of a curriculum in humanism for postgraduate anaesthesiology trainees

• Published in: British journal of anaesthesia : BJA Vol. 123; no. 6; pp. 887 - 897
• Main Authors: Canales, Cecilia, Strom, Suzanne, Anderson, Cynthia T., Fortier, Michelle A., Cannesson, Maxime, Rinehart, Joseph B., Kain, Zeev N., Perret, Danielle
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2019; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; anaesthesia curriculum; Anesthesiology - education; Anesthesiology - methods; Attitude of Health Personnel; burnout; Clinical Competence - statistics & numerical data; Curriculum; Empathy; Female; Humanism; Humans; Internship and Residency; Male; Middle Aged; patient outcomes; Patient Satisfaction - statistics & numerical data; postgraduate medical education; Quality and Patient Safety; simulation; Students, Medical - psychology; Young Adult; humanism; postgraduate medical education; patient outcomes; burnout; anaesthesia curriculum; simulation

An unintended consequence of medical technologies is loss of personal interactions and humanism between patients and their healthcare providers, leading to depersonalisation of medicine. As humanism is not integrated as part of formal postgraduate anaesthesiology education curricula, our goal was to...