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| Title |
Virtuous laughter: we should teach medical learners the art of humor
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Critical Care, December 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13054-015-0927-4 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Simon Oczkowski |
| Abstract |
There is increasing recognition of the stress and burnout suffered by critical care workers. Physicians have a responsibility to teach learners the skills required not only to treat patients, but to cope with the demands of a stressful profession. Humor has been neglected as a strategy to help learners develop into virtuous and resilient physicians. Humor can be used to reduce stress, address fears, and to create effective health care teams. However, there are forms of humor which can be hurtful or discriminatory. In order to maximize the benefits of humor and to reduce its harms, we need to teach and model the effective and virtuous use of humor in the intensive care unit. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 46 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 8 | 17% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 13% |
| Canada | 5 | 11% |
| United States | 3 | 7% |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 4% |
| Italy | 1 | 2% |
| Argentina | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 20 | 43% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 29 | 63% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 12 | 26% |
| Scientists | 3 | 7% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 115 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 114 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 15 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 15 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 9% |
| Researcher | 9 | 8% |
| Other | 28 | 24% |
| Unknown | 24 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 35 | 30% |
| Psychology | 19 | 17% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 6 | 5% |
| Arts and Humanities | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 12 | 10% |
| Unknown | 30 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 42. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 February 2021.
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#977,410
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#763
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#16,285
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#46
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