Shapiro J. & Rucker L. (2004). The Don Quixote effect: why going to the movies can help develop empathy and altruism in medical students and residents. Families, Systems, & Health, 22, S. 445-452. |
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Abstract: Physicians at all levels of training sometimes feel more emotionally moved when viewing a movie about a patient than when treating a similar patient in an actual clinical encounter. The authors consider the relationship of mainstream movies to medicine in general, then explore factors that might differentially influence emotional responses in each setting. They posit a conceptual model, the Don Quixote effect, to explain the aforementioned phenomenon. Specifically, they argue that going to the movies can produce an emotional idealism that may help physician viewers achieve more positive attitudes of empathy and altruism. Finally, the authors discuss ways that the Don Quixote effect can be transferred into clinical practice, providing a much needed stimulus for nourishing and revitalizing physician intentions and motivations. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved); » Link zur Zeitschrift ähnliche Publikationen: Shapiro J., Morrison E. H. & Boker J. R. (2004). Teaching empathy to first year medical students: evaluation of an elective literature and medicine course. Education for Health: Change in Learning and Practice, 17, S. 73-84. Shapiro J. & Rucker L. (2003). Can poetry make better doctors? Teaching the humanities and arts to medical students and residents at the University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine, Academic Medicine, 78, S. 953-957. |