The hidden curriculum and integrating cure- and care-based approaches to medicine
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2020
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Springer Nature
Abstract
Although current literature about the “cure versus care” issue tends to promote a patient-centered approach, the disease-centered approach remains the prevailing model in practice. The perceived dichotomy between the two approaches has created a barrier that could make it difficult for medical students and physicians to integrate psychosocial aspects of patient care into the prevailing disease-based model. This article examines the influence of the formal and hidden curricula on the perception of these two approaches and finds that the hidden curriculum perpetuates the notion that “cure” and “care” based approaches are dichotomous despite significant changes in formal curricula that promote a more integrated approach. The authors argue that it is detrimental for clinicians to view the two approaches as oppositional rather than complementary and attempt to give recommendations on how the influence of the hidden curriculum can be reduced to get a both-cure-and-care-approach, rather than an either-cure-or-care-approach.
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Care vs. cure, Dichotomous, Formal curricula, Hidden curricula, Residents
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Nortj?, N., & Choudhury, D. (2020). The hidden curriculum and integrating cure- and care-based approaches to medicine. HEC Forum. Department of Dietetics and Nutrition, University of the Western Cape,