The Power of Medical Humanities in Enhancing Communication Skills

By Charlie Guy, Author

The field of medical humanities is rapidly growing, offering valuable insights for medical education and improving communication skills. This innovative new text demonstrates how engaging with the arts and humanities can benefit the work of doctors, making them better, more effective practitioners with a focus on achieving this through better communication and stimulating self-reflection.

Key Features of This Groundbreaking Book

• Utilizes modern and familiar examples, including case studies, to illustrate and explore language and communication skill deployment in a variety of given scenarios.
• Reflects the increasing use of online consultation and the associated importance of ensuring effective communication in virtual settings.
• Describes several models for reflective practice, providing medical students and educators with a comprehensive understanding of the role of humanities in self-development and reflection.
• Supported by a selection of eResources to enhance reader experience and understanding, available at www.routledge.com/9781032272726.

This new book is specifically written for medical students, junior doctors, and medical educators looking to develop or teach communication skills. It will instil and support the background understanding of the importance of humanities engagement in self-development and reflection, enhancing and improving the experience of both the practitioner and the patient.

Publisher: CRC Press

Publication Date: September 4, 2023

Language: English

ISBN: 9781032272726, 9781000922448