Digital storytelling to facilitate reflective learning in medical students.

摘要

Editor - The recent commentary on reflective learning highlights the challenges that face medical educators who wish to facilitate reflective learning, especially in undergraduate medical students. We have had a similar experience, but our research has suggested that one important factor behind these challenges may be that a written approach does not align with the student's preferred approach to learning. This finding has altered our approach to the facilitation of reflective learning by Year 1 undergraduate medical students. We have successfully used digital storytelling to not only increase engagement in reflection by this group of students, but also to stimulate their authentic reflective learning. Digital storytelling uses a variety of electronic multimedia, including video, photography and sound, to present a reflective narrative without the use of written text.