Kind and Sinful, the Meaning of My Leadership Experience in Medical Education. An Autoethnographic Narrative Inquiry

John Vergel

doi:10.32629/ameir.v3i1.3577

Kind and Sinful, the Meaning of My Leadership Experience in Medical Education. An Autoethnographic Narrative Inquiry

Título traducido de la contribución: Amable y pecaminoso, el significado de mi experiencia de liderazgo en educación médica. Una investigación narrativa autoetnográfica

John Vergel

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Introducción: Se ha puesto mucho énfasis en investigar los atributos del líder educativo, pero se ha prestado menos atención a comprender su experiencia de liderazgo. No obstante, explorar esa experiencia es crucial para reducir la brecha entre lo que esa persona debería estar haciendo y lo que realmente está haciendo. Objetivo: Comprender el significado de mi experiencia como líder en educación médica desde una perspectiva personal y pragmática. Métodos: Adopto un enfoque cualitativo, apoyado en una indagación narrativa autoetnográfica. Por este motivo, el manuscrito se escribió en primera persona. Recogí registros de diarios y realicé cuatro entrevistas (auto)semiestructuradas para recordar acontecimientos críticos (directa o indirectamente) relacionados con mi vida como líder educativa. Analicé los textos buscando personajes, temporalidad y lugares, así como aspectos culturales, tensiones y metáforas de mis historias de vida. Resultados: Compuse cuatro tramas resonantes representadas en las siguientes metáforas: a) el pecado original, b) el hijo malo se va de casa, c) hay que cortar cabezas de serpientes y d) llegó el apocalipsis. Conclusión: Mi historia me llevó a tener una comprensión diferente del liderazgo en educación médica. Esta comprensión tiene en cuenta las tensiones intrapersonales y cómo el uso del poder te cambia a ti en la práctica, más de lo que cambia a otras personas a tu alrededor (como teóricamente se supone).

Título traducido de la contribución	Amable y pecaminoso, el significado de mi experiencia de liderazgo en educación médica. Una investigación narrativa autoetnográfica
Idioma original	Inglés estadounidense
Páginas (desde-hasta)	1-10
Número de páginas	10
Publicación	Advances in Medicine and Engineering Interdisciplinary Research
Volumen	3
N.º	1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.32629/ameir.v3i1.3577
Estado	Publicada - mar. 2025

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Kind and Sinful, the Meaning of My Leadership Experience in Medical Education. An Autoethnographic Narrative Inquiry

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