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CARRAPICO, Eunice et al. Ways to see and see itself in the doctor-patient relationship: report of a formative activity. Rev Port Med Geral Fam [online]. 2019, vol.35, n.3, pp.244-251. ISSN 2182-5173.  https://doi.org/10.32385/rpmgf.v35i3.12429.

Background: The authors describe a group exercise performed in the context of General Practice and Family Medicine (GPFM) training in 2015. The starting point was the assumption that the professional self-awareness concerning own personal characteristics, technical skills, and emotions during the relationship with each singular patient is a critical factor for the effectiveness of clinical interventions. Objectives: a) training of the self-awareness of perceptions as manners of viewing the self, others and the relationship between both in family medicine consultations; b) self-recognition of the emotions derived from the communication and relation with each patient; c) self-recognition of the transformation process of perceptions and emotions along the relational and communicational processes with the patients; d) identification of one’s own communicational, relational and technical limitations; e) brainstorming of each author’s experiences and perceived results during the exercise, aiming at the identification and systematization of achieved learning outcomes. Description: Group brainstorming of real-life situations experienced by the authors during their GPFM appointments. Perceptions, emotions, attitudes, and behaviors present in each situation were analyzed, leading to the recognition of personal adjustment needs in order for each individual to become a better help resource. Discussion: The authors felt the need to elaborate and agree on an analytical and supportive model in the approach of people and situations, taking into account the complexity of elements and interactions that such relations entail. As a starting point, they chose relationships perceived as particularly vulnerable to them and attempted at reenacting each side’s way of seeing, in order to achieve useful effects in the adequation of their own attitudes and behavior to the interaction with other people and situations. They identified the need for continuous self-surveillance and improvement of their competences, attitudes and personal/technical-scientific skills. Serving as a help and support resource for others requires a level of self-discipline whose foundation may be enforced during the GPFM residency. The acquisition of the ability and habit of self-perception and self-awareness of one’s own ways of seeing, emotions, attitudes, and gestures are essential tools in this process. The GPFM residency is a decisive period in the promotion of adequate attitudes and behaviors that will tend to persist throughout the clinician’s career.

Palavras-chave : Family medicine training; Self-awareness; Behavioral change.

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