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JUCA, Natalia Braga Hortêncio et al. A comunicação do diagnóstico “sombrio” na relação médico-paciente entre estudantes de Medicina: uma experiência de dramatização na educação médica. Rev. Bras. Educ. Med. [online]. 2010, vol.34, n.01, pp.57-64. ISSN 1981-5271.

The aim of this article is to present role-playing as a practice for humanization of the physician-patient relationship, as experienced by third-semester medical students at the State University of Ceará (UECE), Brazil. Using a qualitative methodology, questions were applied relating to the students’ feelings while playing the roles of doctor and patient, respectively, and their experience with the technique after its presentation in the classroom (n = 24).According to the findings, the topics that were approached related to serious illnesses and losses. Both in the patient’s and physician’s role, the students felt anguish, powerlessness, apprehension, fear, and anxiety. They expressed difficulties towards both the diagnosis itself and communicating the bad news, even while they valued building and consolidating the physician-patient bond. As for the method, they highlighted its importance for generating self-knowledge and experience for their future profession. Prospective studies should be performed to evaluate the strategy’s impact on the humanization of the physician-patient relationship and medical education, fully exploring its potential and limitations.

Palavras-chave : Role Playing; Psychodrama; Physician-Patient Relations; Students Medical; Education Medical.

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