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Free Hugs: Humanized actions for reception of candidates in the admission exam for Medicine – Experience report
Luciano Antônio RODRIGES, Victor Hugo de Castro e SILVA, Pâmela de Sousa DIAS, Diego de Oliveira BENTO, Isabela Marques HYGINO, Eduarda Paes Fontoura Alves dos SANTOS
Original title: Abraços Grátis: Ações humanizadas de acolhimento de candidatos em vestibular de medicina – Relato de Experiência
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Keywords: College Entrance, Free Hugs, Medical Humanities, Welcome.
The Free Hugs Company is a social movement that involve people who offer free hugs for strangers at public spaces. The "Free Hugs" was idealized in 2001 by an Australian called "Juan Mann" who had an objective to break the agitated routine of day-to-day with one unusual and uncommon act: to give hugs. Affording one way of permutation: sadness to happiness. Against the difficulties of getting into the university, like the value of the enrollment in college entrance, the distance of the family, and the tension and all the preparations that predates the arrival at the tests place, Free Hugs was developed by one group of academics of the course of medicine in UNESC during the college admission exam in 2015. This movement had the objective to establish a humanized host action, offering free hugs at the place of examination, demonstrating to the students who were going to do the test of college admission, recognizing their potential and efforts in that moment, and helping them to assuage anxiety.
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Medicin and Philosophy in Direct Dialectic Relation During the Classical and Late Antiquity
Sophia KARYMPALI-KYRIAZIS
Original title: Medicina e Filosofia em Relação Dialética Direta Durante a Antiguidade Clássica e Tardia
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Keywords: Antiquity, Asclepius, Galen, Hippocrates, Medicine, Philosophy.
Medicine and Philosophy, in classical antiquity mainly, coexisted and joined hands as activities of the human intellect, with one exerting fruitful influence on the other in the course of time. The influence of philosophy on ancient medicine is generally accepted, as the theories of pre-Socratic philosophers from the 6th century BC for the interpretation of the world and human nature were the main inspiration for the formulation of the first medical texts. Natural philosophers from Ionia, such as Thales of Miletus, Anaximander, Anaximenes and Heraclitus, through their theories, laid the foundations towards future medical advances. Hippocrates of Kos, with his medical treatises in “Corpus Hippocraticum” was greatly influenced by the philosophical thought. Hippocrates is considered the “father of medicine” because he broadened the medical knowledge of his time and laid the foundations of medicine as science, releasing it from magic and superstitions. Plato and Aristotle refer to Hippocrates in their works and speak with respect about him acknowledging his enormous contribution to the healing of serious diseases. In the ancient world, Asclepius, who was considered a great healer of many serious diseases, was worshiped as the patron god of medicine. In his honor temples were erected and next to them great therapeutic centers, the well known “Asclepieia”, scattered in many cities of Ancient Greece and Asia Minor. In the 5th, 4th and 3rd century BC there are great medical schools that operate, founded by famous medico-philosophers of the time, such as the School of Kos, the Sicilian School, the Medical School of Cnidus, Cyrene, Rhodes, Alexandria, etc. In post-Hippocratic era, medico-philosophical Schools are formed, such as the School of Dogmatics, Empiricists, Methodics in Rome, Pneumatics, and Eclectics, all connected to the philosophical thought and tradition. Among the physicians of late antiquity stands out Galen, whose theories influenced Western medicine until the 17th century AD. In the Hellenistic period the major philosophical Schools of the Epicureans and the Stoics form a philosophical concept with physical health and psychological well-being as points of reference. Medicine was founded as a science in the period of classical antiquity, 5th to 4th century BC, and bequeathed its rich background to later centuries, so that today it has come to be regarded as a deeply humanistic and social science with strong philosophical roots and origins.
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Letter: Academic visit by Professor Charlotte Roberts, Department of Archeology, Durham University – UK, to the Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES-Brazil (hosted by Dr. Patricia Deps from August 16th to 23rd 2015)
Charlotte ROBERTS
Original title: Correspondência: Visita acadêmica da Professora Charlotte Roberts, do Departamento de Arqueologia da Universidade de Durham – Reino Unido, à Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, em Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brasil (anfitriã: Patrícia Deps, de 16 a 23 de
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Law 12.871/13 – Medical Education in Brazil. Is the Medical School Ready?
Rosana ALVES, Filomena Eurídice Carvalho de ALENCAR, Cláudia Vasconcellos MIDIÃO, Gleison VALLE, Paulo Victor Ferreira MAI
Original title: Lei nº 12.871/13 – da Formação Médica no Brasil. A Escola Médica Está Preparada?
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Keywords: Brazilian Association for Medical Education, Medical Education, Regional Council of Medicine.
Report from the I Regional Forum of Medical Education CRM-ES and ABEM RJ/ES, Vitória, June 19, 2015, including administrators, teachers, students and medical education authorities.
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Two medical rationalities in the same teaching space: memories of acupuncture in Florianopolis
Renata Palandri SIGOLO
Original title: Duas medicinas em um espaço de ensino: memórias sobre a acupuntura em Florianópolis
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Keywords: Complementary medicine, Federal University of Santa Catarina, History of acupuncture, History of health, Medical Education.
How was it possible to create an acupuncture ambulatory within the UFSC University Hospital, in the years 1990's? This is the main topic in the present text, which seeks to understand, through the introduction of acupuncture in a teaching academic space, the meetings, disputes and negotiations between two medical rationalities which follow rather different paradigms. In that purpose, it uses interviews realized with acupuncturists who acted directly or indirectly for the insertion of acupuncture into the academic medical universe, taking them as memory speeches.
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Medieval leprosy and the metaphorical medicine of Ramon Llull (1232-1316)
Ricardo da COSTA; Hélio ANGOTTI-NETO
Original title: Medieval leprosy and the metaphorical medicine of Ramon Llull (1232-1316)
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Keywords: History of Medicine, Leprosy, Middle Ages.
A brief study of leprosy in the Middle Ages, its history, medical perception and social attitude toward manifestations of the disease. As a case study about the prevailing medical principles, we present some excerpts from Començaments de Medicina (c.1274-1283), Doctrina pueril (c. 1274-1276), Fèlix o Libre de Maravelles (1288-1289), and Liber prouerbiorum (c. 1296) by the medieval philosopher Ramon Llull (1232-1316). It presents the theoretical foundations of his Medicine: a metaphorical art that links the Hippocratic four elements (air, fire, earth and water) and Christian Theology using numeric symbolism.
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Compassion – The Lost Pearl of Healthcare
CRUZ, Jorge
Original title: Compaixão – A pérola perdida dos cuidados de saúde
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Keywords: Compassion, Doctor-patient relationship., Edmund D. Pellegrino, Virtue ethics.
Compassion is on the list of virtues that many bioethicists consider indispensable for the provision of more humanized health care and taking into account the best interest of patients. After an introduction of the theory of virtue ethics and its importance to bioethics and healthcare, we will present the etymological and semantic meaning of the virtue of compassion, particularly from the perspective of Edmund D. Pellegrino and David C. Thomasma. Since, in our opinion, bioethical reflection only makes sense if it is relevant or could be applied to everyday clinical practice, we will present some practical examples involving the virtue of compassion especially in the doctor-patient relationship.
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Philosophical aspects of medical schools with Problem-Based Learning: the Narcissus error
AGUILAR DA SILVA, Rinaldo Henrique
Original title: Aspectos filosóficos das escolas médicas com Aprendizagem Baseada em Problemas: o erro de Narciso
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Keywords: Problem Based Learning; Medical Education; National Curriculum Guidelines.
This paper present a critical analysis of the implementation of the National Curriculum Guidelines (DCN's) for medical courses relating them to Philosophical and Epistemological aspects. The Greek myth of Narcissus is used to think in the proposed challenges, questioning the teacher's role in this change.
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Can Virtues be taught in Medicine? Aristotle’s Virtue Theory and Medical Education and Clinical Practice
SHAH, Niloy; MARCUM, James A.
Original title: As Virtudes podem ser ensinadas em Medicina? Teoria Aristotélica das Virtudes, Educação Médica e Prática Clínica
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Keywords: Aristotle, Clinical practice, Medical Education, Virtues.
In a complex and technologically sophisticated healthcare system, the utilization of virtues, which emphasizes the art of clinical practice, is often eclipsed by the technical science of its practice. Consequently, the training of physicians generally focuses on the objective and quantifiable science of clinical practice, which at times cripples the patient-physician relationship. To counter this impact on the patient-physician relationship, medical educators are developing pedagogical strategies to teach virtues to medical students and residents. But, can virtues be taught in medical school or in the clinic? To address this question, we explore how Aristotelian virtue theory can be integrated into the medical education experience, which leads to the formation of virtuous physicians. We then conclude by discussing issues surrounding the incorporation of virtues into the medical curriculum.
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Book Review: Angotti Neto and the case against Medicine as Ideology
Ivanaldo Oliveira dos SANTOS FILHO
Original title: Resenha Literária: Angotti Neto e a denúncia da medicina como ideologia
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Keywords: A Morte da Medicina, Ideology, Medicine.
The book denounces the ideological invasion suffered by the Medicine in the last decades. It also shows how the healthcare professional can be used as a tool of social engineers, corrupting the original ideals of Medicine.
