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How Time, Narrative, and Discomfort Shape Learning: A Realist Evaluation of Behavioral Science Education for Medical Students Cover

How Time, Narrative, and Discomfort Shape Learning: A Realist Evaluation of Behavioral Science Education for Medical Students

Open Access
|May 2026

Authors

Junji Haruta

junharujp@keio.jp

Medical Education Center, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo; Center for General Medicine Education, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo

Toshiaki Kikuchi

kikuchi.psychiatry@gmail.com

Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo

Junko Kitanaka

junko.kitanaka@keio.jp

Department of Human Sciences, Keio University, Tokyo

Makoto Kurata

m-kurata@tokyo-med.ac.jp

Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo Medical School, Tokyo
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/pme.2332 | Journal eISSN: 2212-277X
Language: English
Page range: 397 - 409
Submitted on: Dec 6, 2025
Accepted on: Mar 6, 2026
Published on: May 5, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2026 Junji Haruta, Toshiaki Kikuchi, Junko Kitanaka, Makoto Kurata, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.