ArticleJournal of medical education and curricular development
Fostering Reflexivity in Medical Students: Is Patient Engagement a Promising Avenue? A Qualitative Case Study.
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Background: Reflexivity enables individuals to analyze a situation based on past experience to develop other ways of thinking and perspectives for action. Reflexivity is therefore crucial for the improvement of professional practice. In medical education, recent studies have identified patient engagement as a promising strategy for fostering reflexivity in students; however, few evaluative studies have explored such a link. This article describes the reflexive effects of an intervention that engages patients in small-group discussion workshops about ethical, moral, and social issues arising from practice (as part of an undergraduate medical course at Université Laval) and presents the main processes involved in producing these effects. Methods: The study subscribes to a qualitative case study design. Cases are three groups that received the intervention in winter 2021. Data collection involved semi-structured interviews and non-participatory observation. Analysis entailed within-case and cross-case analysis. The study mobilizes Sandars' proposition of a three-stage reflexive process which is enhanced with other models of reflexivity. Results: The main reflexive effects and processes involved: (i) better understanding disembodied theoretical content, (ii) awareness of the limits of the clinical view for grasping complex situations, (iii) questioning one's convictions about the self and the profession, and (iv) awareness of the patient-doctor social distance. When considering concrete implications for action, reflexive effects refer to a patient-centered approach, implying other ways of doing, being, and thinking as a physician. Conclusions: This study was an opportunity to identify patient engagement in discussion workshops as a promising avenue to foster medical students' reflexivity and to better understand its whys and hows. It sheds new light on patient engagement's relevance and value in medical education. By identifying factors influencing the reflexive process, it also provides concrete support to medical schools wishing to commit to transformative educational postures and approaches involving patients.
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