Using Graphic Narratives in Pharmacy Education

Hoffman, Alexander

doi:10.5688/ajpe8797

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“…Nonetheless, this study is signi cant because it established that pharmacy students are receptive to and engaged with the narrative medicine approach, and provides evidence to support the use of narratives in pharmacy education as recently advocated by some educators [24]. Contrary to many previous studies on empathy in pharmacy education which used self-developed instruments to measure empathy [25], this study used the JSE-HPS which is a validated instrument, thereby creating future opportunities to compare our results with that from other educators.…”

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confidence: 66%

“…Furthermore, unlike rich experiences in medical education, the application of narrative medicine in pharmacy had been limited to medication counselling and ethics trainings in practicing pharmacists [22,23]. While narratives had recently been suggested to be useful in pharmacy education [24], it is not known if narratives would evoke emotional responses in pharmacy students as narrative medicine has not been thoroughly evaluated in pharmacy education [25].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Applying Narrative Medicine to Prepare Empathetic Healthcare Providers in Undergraduate Pharmacy Education in Singapore: A Mixed Methods Study

Han,

Barton,

et al. 2023

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Background: Although narrative medicine has demonstrated positive impact on learners’ empathy in medical education, this pedagogical approach has not been evaluated in pharmacy education. This study sought to apply and evaluate the narrative medicine approach in extending empathy in undergraduate pharmacy students. Methods: Narrative medicine was applied through workshops which used narratives of people with different experiences and perspectives. First-year undergraduate pharmacy students who volunteered and attended these workshops formed the intervention group (N=31) and the remaining first-year cohort formed the control group (N=112). Group interviews (GIs) assessed pharmacy students’ engagement with the narrative medicine approach, their emotional responses to narratives, and the perspectives of pharmacy students and faculty of this pedagogical approach. Pharmacy students’ empathy was measured using Jefferson Scale of Empathy – Health Professions Student (JSE-HPS). Results: Five themes, guided by internal and external factors in cognition, emerged from GIs: 1) incongruence between students’ motivation and faculty’s perception, 2) learning context, 3) academic context, 4) cognitive system, and 5) affective system. Themes 1, 4 and 5 referred to internal factors such as students’ motivation, perceiving learnings and feelings. Themes 2 and 3 referred to external factors including workshop materials, activities, content and facilitation. There was no significant difference in JSE-HPS scores between intervention and control groups across 3 timepoints. Conclusion: Pharmacy students engaged with the narrative medicine approach as narratives elicited emotional responses, exposed them to diverse perspectives, and deepened their appreciation of the importance of empathy and complexities of understanding patients’ perspectives. The narrative medicine approach needs to be repeated and scaffolded within the curriculum to bring about meaningful and sustained improvements in empathy.

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confidence: 99%

Applying Narrative Medicine to Prepare Empathetic Healthcare Providers in Undergraduate Pharmacy Education in Singapore: A Mixed Methods Study

Han,

Barton,

et al. 2023

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“…Moreover, digital comics creation is based on computers, which appeal to students. Comics have been used as instructional tools in various disciplines, such as chemistry, computer science, biology, physics, nanotechnology, and programming, satisfying students and deepening their engagement [19][20][21][22]. Comics provide students with an easy way to access information and can motivate them [23], while comics creation maintains this motivation for a longer period [19].…”

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confidence: 99%

Cognitive Load Approach to Digital Comics Creation: A Student-Centered Learning Case

Apostolou

Linardatos

2023

Applied Sciences

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The use of comics and their creation is an especially promising tool to enable students to construct new knowledge. Comics have already been adopted in many applied sciences disciplines, as the combination of text and images has been recognized as a powerful learning tool. Educational activities and tools, however, must not create an overload on students’ working memory that could hinder learning. In the current study, we investigated, through pre-test and post-test performance, the effect of digital comics creation on students’ efforts to construct new knowledge. Furthermore, through the multidimensional NASA-TLX, we assessed the cognitive load imposed on students. The results were in favor of digital comics creation, ranking it as an efficient instructional activity. Specifically, the students’ performance after digital comics creation improved and the imposed load on students was normal. Also, studying the weighing procedure between the NASA-TLX dimensions, frustration and temporal demand were found to be the most aggravating dimensions. Finally, implications for teachers and future research recommendations are discussed.

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“…Graphic medicine's potential is based in the simplicity, clarity, and immediacy of visual storytelling to disclose health‐education messages and social issues that are often difficult to understand (Irwin et al, 2020). Moreover, recent research acknowledges the use of graphic medicine as potential in scientific education in improving understanding of clinical concepts (Joshi et al, 2019; Hoffman, 2021). Nonetheless, even for gross anatomy education, graphic medicine has also showed benefits for gross anatomy education (Park et al, 2011; Shin et al, 2013; Kim et al, 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

Graphic medicine meets human anatomy: The potential role of comics in raising whole body donation awareness in Italy and beyond. A pilot study

Stefano

Rusciano

Moretti

et al. 2022

Anatomical Sciences Ed

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Cadaver dissection has always played a fundamental role in medical education.However, especially in Italy, the topic of body donation has remained partially unknown for years. The current study analyses graphic medicine as a new possible communication tool, evaluating and reflecting, with second-year students enrolled in the International School of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Bologna, about its potentialities for body donation awareness-raising in both the scientific community and the general population. For the first time in an Italian University, two graphic medicine workshops were organized focusing on human anatomy and body donation. Seminars were positively evaluated by students using a four items Likert-scale question: mean 3.54 (± SD 0.73) for the Likert question about the experiences of the workshops; 3.88 (± 0.33) for the Likert question regarding the use of graphic medicine in body donation awareness campaigns among the general population; 3.59 (± 0.65) for the Likert question regarding the use of graphic medicine in body donation awareness campaigns among the scientific community. Furthermore, the open-ended questions included in the anonymous questionnaire were analyzed using the constructivist grounded qualitative analysis, whence various themes emerged. Finally, five graphic medicine projects about body donation were created by students, proving their interest in testing this method to promote body donation, focusing the attention on different communicative aspects. Considering the results of this pilot study, the co-creative collaborative use of graphic medicine could be evaluated as an additional strategy to increase body donation awareness-raising in Italy and beyond, especially in the nonexperts' community.

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Using Graphic Narratives in Pharmacy Education

Cited by 7 publications

References 11 publications

Applying Narrative Medicine to Prepare Empathetic Healthcare Providers in Undergraduate Pharmacy Education in Singapore: A Mixed Methods Study

Applying Narrative Medicine to Prepare Empathetic Healthcare Providers in Undergraduate Pharmacy Education in Singapore: A Mixed Methods Study

Cognitive Load Approach to Digital Comics Creation: A Student-Centered Learning Case

Graphic medicine meets human anatomy: The potential role of comics in raising whole body donation awareness in Italy and beyond. A pilot study

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