Chinese Journal of Medical Education ›› 2023, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (7): 490-493.DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn115259-20220811-01024

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Application of narrative medicine in medical science popularization

Lai Dongwu1, Wang Zhengyang2, Guo Hongbin3   

  1. 1Department of Cardiology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310016, China;
    2Education Office of Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310016, China;
    3Department of Neurosurgery, Xia Sha Campus of Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310016, China
  • Received:2022-08-11 Published:2023-06-30
  • Contact: Guo Hongbin, Email: guohongbin@zju.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Curriculum Ideological and Political Teaching Program of the Department of Education of Zhejiang Province(Y2022E03); Virtual Simulation Experiment Teaching Project of the Department of Education of Zhejiang Province(Y2021E02)

Abstract: Objective To explore the role and characteristics of narrative medicine in science popularization. Methods Among 120 articles on medical science education collected from January to February 2022, 30 popular science articles with medical narrative were selected as the narrative group, and another 30 articles without medical narrative were randomly selected as the non-narrative group. Compare the differences between the two groups in terms of interesting words, scores, reading and ″likes″. The relevant data was analyzed using independent sample t-tests. Results The frequency of words of interest such as ″troubled″, ″lucky″, ″happy″, and ″family″ in the narrative group articles is relatively high. The scores of the narrative group were relatively high, and the scores of the two groups were (86.90±6.87) and (80.07±5.86) respectively, with statistical significance (P < 0.001); The number of reading and ″likes″ of the narrative group were both high, with the reading volume of (2 807.37±1 278.99) and (1 832.93±1 150.79) respectively, and the number of likes of (30.77±6.78) and (24.53±6.94) respectively. The difference were statistically significant (all P < 0.05). Conclusions Narrative medicine can be applied to the publicity of medical science popularization, which reflects the narrative characteristics of narrative medicine in popular science articles, and is more conducive to the resonance between doctors and patients, and promotes the dissemination of popular science articles.

Key words: Narration, Narrative medicine, Popular science education, Humanities

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