Toward Creating Physician-Healers: Fostering Medical Students' Self-Awareness, Personal Growth, and Well-Being.

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Title: Toward Creating Physician-Healers: Fostering Medical Students' Self-Awareness, Personal Growth, and Well-Being.
Language: English
Authors: Novack, Dennis H., Epstein, Ronald M., Paulsen, Randall H.
Source: Academic Medicine. May 1999 74(5):516-520.
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 5
Publication Date: 1999
Document Type: Guides - Non-Classroom
Journal Articles
Opinion Papers
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Educational Objectives, Higher Education, Humanistic Education, Individual Development, Medical Education, Physicians, Professional Education, Self Concept, Student Development, Well Being
ISSN: 1040-2446
Abstract: To restore the humanism in medical care, medical education must espouse the creation of physician-healers. Personal development and well-being of the healer are neglected factors in healing care. Goals and objectives for medical education for promoting trainees' self-awareness, personal growth, and well-being are outlined, and ways to achieve and evaluate them are suggested. (Author/MSE)
Journal Code: CIJJAN2000
Entry Date: 2000
Accession Number: EJ588058
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:To restore the humanism in medical care, medical education must espouse the creation of physician-healers. Personal development and well-being of the healer are neglected factors in healing care. Goals and objectives for medical education for promoting trainees' self-awareness, personal growth, and well-being are outlined, and ways to achieve and evaluate them are suggested. (Author/MSE)
ISSN:1040-2446