Beyond Broca's area: why undergraduate neuroscience education matters
Rev. med. (Säo Paulo)
; 98(4): 238-240, jul.-ago. 2019.
Article
em En
| LILACS, Educa
| ID: biblio-1023523
Biblioteca responsável:
BR66.1
ABSTRACT
Patients with psychiatric illness often present a unique challenge to medical students in contrast to some medical conditions, in which patients may seem to be stricken by a disease, patients with certain psychiatric illnesses may seem complicit with the illness. Questions of free will, choice, and the role of the physician can quickly become overwhelming. This may result in students feeling helpless, disinterested, or even resentful. Here we argue that integrating a modern neuroscience perspective into medical education allows students to conceptualize psychiatric patients in a way that promotes empathy and enhances patient care. Specifically, a strong grasp of neuroscience prevents the future physician from falling into dualistic thinking in which the psychosocial aspects of a patient's presentation are considered beyond the realm of medicine. The value of incorporating neuroscience into a full, biopsychosocial formulation is demonstrated with the case example of a "difficult patient."
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
Educa
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LILACS
Assunto principal:
Estudantes de Medicina
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Neurociências
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Educação de Graduação em Medicina
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Área de Broca
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Rev. med. (Säo Paulo)
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos