De paciente a futuro médico: escenas autobiográficas, narrativas y formación humanística en medicina / From Patient to Future Doctor: Autobiographical Scenes, Narratives and Humanistic Training in Medicine

ABSTRACT From patient to future doctor: autobiographical scenes, narratives and humanistic development in medicine. This article intends to reread, analyze and resignify a series of narrations produced by medical students in the light of the contributions of Narrative Medicine. Such accounts were written during the “Doctors and Narratives” workshop which was held in the Culture and Society I class, in the first year of the Premedical Stage of Medical School at IUC (CEMIC University Institute, Buenos Aires, Argentina) in May 2010. The purpose of this “rereading” is to suggest some hypotheses that will guide the design of new mechanisms for training and action research, in order to keep building knowledge regarding the contributions that working with narratives can offer in the training of health professionals (in the initial stages and thereafter). By “narratives” we mean the use of stories from different sources (literature, oral tradition, autobiographical production) whether written or oral, to reflect upon the effect the use of language has in the practice of medicine and the role those accounts play in constructing personal and professional identity. RESUMEN Este articulo se propone releer, analizar y re-significar una serie de relatos producidos por alumnos de la Carrera de medicina, a la luz de los aportes de la Medicina Narrativa. Dichos relatos fueron escritos en el marco del taller “Medicos y Narrativas“ que se desarrollo en la asignatura Cultura y Sociedad I, del primer ano del Ciclo Premedico de la Carrera de Medicina del IUC (Instituto Universitario CEMIC, Buenos Aires, Argentina) en mayo de 2010. El objeto de esta relectura es sugerir algunas hipotesis que orienten el diseno de nuevos dispositivos de formacion e investigacion–accion, para seguir construyendo conocimiento acerca del aporte que el trabajo con Narrativas hacen a la formacion de profesionales de la Salud (tanto inicial como continua). Cuando nos referimos a “Narrativas”, estamos pensando en el uso de relatos provenientes de diferentes fuentes (literatura, tradicion oral, produccion autobiografica) en forma de Narracion oral y /o escrita, para producir reflexiones acerca del efecto que el uso del lenguaje tiene en la practica medica y la funcion que cumplen los relatos en la construccion de la identidad personal y profesional.