Schaechter J L, Canning E H
Department of Pediatrics, Lucille Salter Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford University Medical Center, CA 94305.
West J Med. 1994 Oct;161(4):390-2.
We designed a public service and educational program to aid children and families coping with chronic illness and to augment medical student education. Medical students developed relationships with chronically ill children and families based on the Big Brother-Big Sister program model. In addition, students attended bimonthly seminars on childhood chronic illness and family dynamics. Medical students learned about the psychosocial aspects of illness through these relationships and reported that the program contributed to their sense of worth as caregivers. By fostering students' innate altruism, medical schools may succeed in cultivating caring and humanism in their student physicians. We propose a model that encourages medical students to relate personally with patients and their families. A program such as this has the potential to nurture compassion in medical students, contribute to medical education, and provide support to patients and families.
我们设计了一项公共服务和教育项目，以帮助患有慢性病的儿童及其家庭，并加强医学生教育。医学生基于“大哥哥-大姐姐”项目模式与患有慢性病的儿童及其家庭建立关系。此外，学生们参加关于儿童慢性病和家庭动态的双月研讨会。医学生通过这些关系了解疾病的社会心理方面，并报告称该项目增强了他们作为照顾者的价值感。通过培养学生天生的利他主义，医学院校可能成功地在其未来的医生中培养关爱之心和人文精神。我们提出了一个鼓励医学生与患者及其家庭建立个人联系的模式。这样的项目有可能培养医学生的同情心，促进医学教育，并为患者及其家庭提供支持。
