Moretti Veronica, Scavarda Alice, Green Michael J
Department of Sociology and Business Law, University of Bologna, Strada Maggiore 45, Bologna, Italy.
Department of Culture, Politics and Society, Turin, Italy.
BMC Med Educ. 2025 Apr 17;25(1):563. doi: 10.1186/s12909-025-07120-y.
In recent years, medical educators have increasingly incorporated comics into their teaching to promote humanism and empathy and to encourage reflective practice. However, it remains unclear how and to what extent comics-based courses effectively address persistent challenges in medical education, such as the need for more engaging, multimodal learning strategies and the cultivation of emotional intelligence alongside clinical competencies. The aim of this study is to investigate the experiences of students who have enrolled in courses on comics and medicine during medical school. Students in North America who had taken such a course during the previous 5 years were invited to participate in an interview about their experiences. 17 students from 10 different medical schools in North America were interviewed. To explore the students' views on the value of such courses to their medical education, we used a constructivist grounded analytic approach, employing thematic analysis to understand and interpret our interview. Students reported that comics-based courses support key aspects of their medical training that traditional pedagogical approaches may overlook, such as fostering self-reflection, enhancing empathy, and encouraging creative engagement with complex medical narratives. Moreover, comics contributed to their individual and collective professional identity formation by providing a space for introspection and shared discourse.
近年来，医学教育工作者越来越多地将漫画融入教学中，以促进人文精神和同理心，并鼓励反思性实践。然而，基于漫画的课程如何以及在多大程度上有效应对医学教育中持续存在的挑战，如需要更具吸引力的多模态学习策略以及在培养临床能力的同时培养情商，仍不明确。本研究的目的是调查医学院期间参加过漫画与医学课程的学生的经历。邀请了北美地区在过去5年内参加过此类课程的学生参加关于他们经历的访谈。对来自北美10所不同医学院的17名学生进行了访谈。为了探究学生对这类课程在其医学教育中的价值的看法，我们采用了建构主义扎根分析方法，运用主题分析来理解和解读我们的访谈内容。学生们报告说，基于漫画的课程支持了他们医学培训的关键方面，而传统教学方法可能会忽视这些方面，比如培养自我反思、增强同理心以及鼓励对复杂医学叙事进行创造性参与。此外，漫画通过提供内省和共同讨论的空间，有助于他们个人和集体职业身份的形成。
