In modern medical education, cultivating empathy, reflective practice, and patient-centered care has become as vital as teaching clinical knowledge and technical skills. Medical storytelling—a structured use of narratives from patients, clinicians, families, and communities—has emerged as a powerful tool to achieve these goals. By engaging learners emotionally and intellectually, storytelling fosters reflective learning, enhances perspective-taking, and bridges the gap between biomedical science and the human experience. Integrating storytelling into curricula promotes professional identity formation, critical thinking, and ethical awareness, while addressing the limitations of traditional, detachment-focused medical training. Diverse narrative formats, including patient accounts, clinician reflections, and interprofessional storytelling, facilitate holistic understanding, emotional connection, and community-building among health professionals. Overall, medical storytelling represents a transformative approach to nurturing compassionate, reflective, and competent clinicians.
Amina Halima Yusuf (Thu,) studied this question.