Integrating evidence and narrative (The Third Training-of-Trainers)

Patients’ perspective is as important as evidence. Have you heard words like narrative-medicine and mixed methods research? Ten physicians from University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City, its affiliated hospitals and Ho Chi Minh City Medical Association are coming to Fukushima to learn how to analyze patients’ voices and to discuss how to teach the new analysis method in our future training.

•Narrative evidence based medicine.

Charon R, Wyer P; NEBM Working Group. Lancet. 2008; 371(9609): 296-7.

http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(08)60156-7/fulltext

•Qualitative analysis method; SCAT (Steps for Coding and Theorization)

http://www.educa.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~otani/scat/index-e.html