Publications by authors named "Renato Soleiman Franco"
Adaptation and validation of the Brazilian version of the Measure of Moral Distress for Healthcare Professionals (MMD-HP BR) in the context of palliative care.
BMC Palliat Care
October 2023
Background: The Measure of Moral Distress for Health Care Professionals (MMD-HP) scale corresponds to the update of the globally recognized Moral Distress Scale-Revised (MDS-R). Its purpose is to measure moral distress, which is a type of suffering caused in a professional prevented from acting according to one's moral convictions due to external or internal barriers. Thus, this study has the objective to translate, culturally adapt, and validate the Brazilian version of the MMD-HP BR in the context of Palliative Care (PC).
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- - The study investigates how reflective writing (RW) is utilized to teach communication skills in medical education, analyzing its effectiveness and outcomes through a systematic review of literature.
- - Out of 1325 studies examined, 12 were included for a detailed thematic analysis, revealing that RW is best used in combination with other teaching techniques and helps students better understand various aspects of communication.
- - The findings suggest that while RW is valuable for exploring communication-related issues, more research is needed to fully understand its impact and optimize its use in medical training.
Introduction: Quality of Life (QOL) is essential for healthy aging and through the WHOQOL-Old, it is possible to analyze factors that increase vulnerability and reduce QOL. Aligned with healthy aging is Potter's global bioethics proposing expanded ethics and social justice.
Objective: To analyze the QOL of Brazilian elderly from the perspective of Potteŕs global bioethics.
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- - This study explores a model to assess medical students' communication skills through reflective writing, evaluating how useful students' reflections are in this process.
- - The research involved 69 students from four universities, using assessment methods like Multiple-Choice Questionnaires (MCQ), objective structured clinical examinations (OSCE), and reflective writing evaluations.
- - Results show that while assessments of reflective themes are related to cognitive and behavioral learning, the depth of students' reflections appears to be a unique skill not linked to other assessment methods.
Background: The Brazilian undergraduate medical course is six years long. As in other countries, a medical residency is not obligatory to practice as a doctor. In this context, this paper aims to clarify what and when competencies in communication and professionalism should be addressed, shedding light on the role of university, residency and post-residency programmes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Medical education provides students with abundant learning opportunities, each of which is embodied with messages concerning what is expected from students. This paper analyses students? exposure to instances of unprofessional behavior, investigating whether they judge such behavior to be unprofessional and whether they also participate in unprofessional behavior.
Methods: The survey developed in the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago was the basis of this questionnaire that was answered by 276 students from two medical schools in Brazil and Portugal.