Open AccessValue-rich exposures in medical education: phenomenology of practice according to the lived experiences of medical students in Iran
Author(s) -
Hakimeh Sabeghi,
Shahram Yazdani,
Seyed Abbas Foroutan,
Seyed Masoud Hosseini,
Leila Afshar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of medical ethics and history of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2008-0387
DOI - 10.18502/jmehm.v14i9.6753
Subject(s) - phenomenology (philosophy) , shahid , thematic analysis , medical education , value (mathematics) , interview , psychology , shadow (psychology) , qualitative research , sociology , pedagogy , medicine , social science , epistemology , philosophy , theology , machine learning , computer science , anthropology , psychotherapist
Values predispose people to make the right and especially ethical decisions, and are important for good performance in medical sciences. Students’ lived experiences and the value-rich exposures during their education are some effective means of achieving professional values that help them build their own value frameworks. In this phenomenology of practice study, we aimed to explore and describe the lived experiences of a sample of medical students in Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences regarding their value-rich exposures. In-depth interviews, students’ written stories, recorded video interviews related to past trips and photographs were used to collect data. The data was analyzed based on Van Manen’s thematic analysis method.
Five themes emerged from the data: “in the shadow of a supportive mentor”, “a well-orchestrated, value-rich program”, “human interactions in a value system”, “acquiring values in a real-life environment”, “and seeking values in oneself”. Our study identified different dimensions of value-rich exposure based on the lived experiences of medical students and pointed out some issues that medical education planners can consider to improve the quality of value-based education for medical students.