Comunicação de más notícias: perspectivas de estudantes de medicina de uma universidade pública
Communicating bad news: perspectives of medical students in a public university
Comunicación de malas noticias: perspectivas de los estudiantes de medicina de una universidad pública
RECIIS (Online); 18 (3), 2024
Publication year: 2024
Objetiva-se discutir os desafios e as dificuldades que estudantes de medicina vivenciam na comunicação de más notícias e como percebem o tratamento dado a esses desafios e dificuldades na sua formação universitária. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa com estudantes de medicina que vivenciaram atendimentos aos usuários e presenciaram a comunicação de má notícia a um paciente e/ou familiar em suas atividades prático-acadêmicas. Os principais resultados indicaram que os estudantes relacionaram a comunicação de más notícias com conceitos como morte, luto, perda e dor. Perceberam esse contexto como desconcertante e aterrorizante, ressaltando a importância do preparo educacional e emocional. Atestaram, ainda, a falta de estratégias educacionais, indicando a necessidade de mais apoio na formação médica para o desenvolvimento dessas habilidades. Conclui-se que é necessário que as escolas médicas promovam formas de implementar estratégias de habilidade de comunicação com a atualização na grade curricular para o ensino-aprendizagem de técnicas comunicacionais.
The aim is to discuss the challenges and difficulties that medical students experience in communicating bad news and how they perceive the treatment given to these challenges and difficulties in their university training. This is a qualitative study with medical students, who have seen patients and have witnessed the communication of bad news to a patient and/or family member in their practical-academic activities. The main results indicated that the students described the communication of bad news using concepts such as death, mourning, loss and pain. They perceived this context as disconcerting and terrifying, highlighting the importance of educational and emotional preparation. They attested to the lack of educational strategies, indicating the need for more support in medical training for the development of these skills. The conclusion is that medical schools need to promote ways of implementing communication skills strategies by updating the curriculum to the teaching-learning of communication techniques.
The aim is to discuss the challenges and difficulties that medical students experience in communicating bad news and how they perceive the treatment given to these challenges and difficulties in their university training. This is a qualitative study with medical students, who have seen patients and have witnessed the communication of bad news to a patient and/or family member in their practical-academic activities. The main results indicated that the students described the communication of bad news using concepts such as death, mourning, loss and pain. They perceived this context as disconcerting and terrifying, highlighting the importance of educational and emotional preparation. They attested to the lack of educational strategies, indicating the need for more support in medical training for the development of these skills. The conclusion is that medical schools need to promote ways of implementing communication skills strategies by updating the curriculum to the teaching-learning of communication techniques.