Narrative medicine education improves residents' procedural skill scores compared with lecture-based learning¶

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q3 i3 Compared with LBL, narrative medicine education was associated with significantly improved procedural skill scores (SMD = 0.98, 95% CI 0.42 to 1.53). → Dai Dongjun 2026

Evidence¶

Dai Dongjun 2026¶

Dai Dongjun, Fan Yuzhi, Zhang Wenbao, Wei Qichun. (2026). The effect of narrative medicine-based education on academic performance and humanistic communication in residency training: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-53552-x

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Random-effects meta-analysis of 6 randomized controlled studies (147 narrative medicine, 150 LBL residents) pooled with the Hedges' g approach. The pooled effect size SMD = 0.98 (95% CI 0.42 to 1.53) was significant at P = 0.001, with high heterogeneity (I2 = 75.9%).

"the narrative medicine education was associated with the improvement of procedural skill scores (6 studies with 147 residents in narrative medicine group and 150 in LBL group, standardized mean differences [SMD] = 0.98, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.42 to 1.53, P = 0.001; I2 = 75.9%)"

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