Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Roger Guindon Hall, 451 Smyth Road #2044, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8M5, Canada.
Centre for Research On Educational and Community Services, University of Ottawa, 136 Jean-Jacques-Lussier Private, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada.
BMC Med Educ. 2022 Apr 4;22(1):240. doi: 10.1186/s12909-022-03306-w.
Partnership programs between medical students and patients provide students with non-clinical experiences that enhance medical learning, especially with respect to humanistic care. We explored the perceptions and experiences of medical students in a pediatric oncology buddy program.
Using a basic interpretive qualitative approach, we conducted interviews with 15 medical students at three time points: before meeting his/her buddy (pre-interview), four months into the partnership (4-month interview), and at the end of the partnership (post interview). We then conducted a thematic analysis of the interview data.
All students in the program who met the study criteria (N = 15/16) participated. The medical students highlighted that: (a) providing support to buddies and their families is important; (b) providing care to children with serious illnesses is emotionally difficult; (c) developing deep connections with buddies and their families is rewarding; and (d) gaining empathy and personal fulfillment from buddies and their families is inevitable.
This study provides an understanding of medical students' perceptions and experiences in a pediatric oncology, non-clinical buddy program. Tailored one-on-one partnerships between medical students and pediatric oncology patients play an important role in medical education and contributes to the teaching of humanistic care.
医学生与患者之间的合作项目为学生提供了非临床经验，增强了医学学习，尤其是人文关怀方面的学习。我们探讨了儿科肿瘤伙伴计划中医学生的看法和经验。
采用基本的解释性定性方法，我们在三个时间点对 15 名医学生进行了访谈：在与他/她的伙伴见面之前（预访谈）、合作四个月（4 个月访谈）和合作结束时（后访谈）。然后，我们对访谈数据进行了主题分析。
参与该计划并符合研究标准的所有学生（N=15/16）都参加了。医学生强调：（a）为伙伴及其家人提供支持很重要；（b）照顾患有严重疾病的儿童在情感上很困难；（c）与伙伴及其家人建立深厚的联系是有意义的；（d）从伙伴及其家人那里获得同理心和个人满足感是不可避免的。
本研究提供了对医学生在儿科肿瘤非临床伙伴计划中的看法和经验的理解。医学生与儿科肿瘤患者之间量身定制的一对一伙伴关系在医学教育中发挥着重要作用，并有助于人文关怀的教学。
