Medical and physician assistant students’ views on integrating comics into medical education
Institution: 1.
Internal Medicine Residency Program, Medical Education, Beaumont
Hospital, Dearborn, MI, 2. Department of Humanities, Penn State College
of Medicine, Hershey, PA, 3. Division of General Internal Medicine and
Primary Care, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, 4. Master of
Medical Sciences in Medical Education Program, Harvard Medical School,
Boston, MA, 5. Departments of Humanities and Medicine, Penn State
College of Medicine, Hershey, PA,
Categories: Professionalism/Ethics, Medical Education (General), Teaching and Learning
Abstract
Purpose:
This study explored comics as a tool for teaching medical and physician
assistant (PA) students about end-of-life decisions and advance care
planning.
Methods: Using a
mixed method convergent design, a survey (consisting of a five-point
Likert scale and open-ended questions) was administered to second-year
medical and first-year PA students enrolled in an Ethics and
Professionalism class at a US medical school. The survey assessed
students’ perspectives on the addition of a comic “Betty P.” to assigned
readings and about the use of comics in the classroom. Quantitative
results were compared by demographics, and open-ended responses were
analyzed qualitatively for emergent themes. Quantitative and qualitative
findings were compared for correspondence.
Results: Of the
145 students who completed the survey (83%), 141 students (81%) had read
the comic. The vast majority (89%) felt that “Betty P.” helped them
understand end of life care for patients, and 84% felt that the comic
did not distract them from the seriousness of the subject. Qualitative
analysis revealed 2 major themes: 1) comics were educational, and 2)
comics engaged learners emotionally. We observed convergence between
quantitative and qualitative results.
Conclusion: Integrating comics as a supplemental teaching tool is an innovative way to engage medical students.
Keywords: Comics and Medicine, Medical Education, Educational Comics, Medical Ethics, End of Life Care
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