G. Sgro is an academic hospitalist, Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, and clinical assistant professor of medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Acad Med. 2021 Aug 1;96(8):1105-1107. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000004061. Epub 2021 Mar 16.
The author of this medical humanities article is a clinician-educator who finds himself relying more and more on poetry to make sense of the complexity, frustration, and wonder that attend the work of doctoring. Here, he posits that poems, in all their forms, are attempts at establishing order and meaning through meter, language, and sound, and that they may be particularly valuable for medical students and residents as they develop professional identities, habits of mind, and coping strategies. The author recalls that for Edward Hirsch, poetry is "a way of connecting-through the medium of language-more deeply with yourself even as you connect more deeply with others." It is this purpose-to connect learners with themselves, their patients, and one another-that compels the author to read poems to teams of residents and medical students in lieu of traditional afternoon teaching rounds. In this article, the author artfully illustrates one such "Post-Call Poetry" session, quoting some of the poems he shares with learners. At the end of each 2-week rotation on the wards, few of the learners remark on the attending's lessons on pathophysiology; however, nearly all of them, regardless of their background or career path, express appreciation for the poetry.
这篇医学人文学文章的作者是一位临床医生兼教育家，他发现自己越来越依赖诗歌来理解行医工作中的复杂性、挫折感和奇妙之处。在这里，他假设诗歌以其所有形式都是通过韵律、语言和声音来建立秩序和意义的尝试，并且对于医学生和住院医师来说，它们可能特别有价值，因为他们正在发展专业身份、思维习惯和应对策略。作者回忆起爱德华·赫希（Edward Hirsch）曾说过，诗歌是“一种通过语言媒介更深入地与自己联系的方式，即使你与他人的联系更加深入。”正是这种将学习者与自己、患者和彼此联系起来的目的，促使作者在代替传统的下午教学查房时，向住院医师和医学生团队朗读诗歌。在本文中，作者巧妙地展示了其中一次“轮班后诗歌”活动，引用了他与学习者分享的一些诗歌。在病房轮班的每两周结束时，很少有学习者会提到主治医生关于病理生理学的课程；然而，几乎所有人，无论他们的背景或职业道路如何，都对诗歌表示赞赏。
