Some Basic Concepts of Family Medicine Explained by Means of Fables (Part 2 of 2): Patient-Centered Interview, Biopsicosocial Model, Actors and Resources/Strengths of the Patients, and Concept of Health and Disease

Despite the conceptual and theoretical descriptions of family medicine, there is a lack of exploration of its theoretical framework, the nature of crucial concepts, skills and experiences, as well as their significance in the medical practice. It is necessary to achieve more meaningful images and ideas of the fundamental concepts of Family Medicine, to facilitate its transfer to clinical practice. But, these concepts can be difficult to understand, discern, interpret, intuit and explain, even for experienced physicians in the specialty. The fiction based on scientific research of these concepts can help this task. In this scenario, the fable is an adult education method that can serve to intuitively understand abstract concepts by linking them to specific situations, for facilitating their assimilation. In this way, we present the following fundamental concepts of Family Medicine by means of fables: Patient-centered Interview, Biopsicosocial Model, Actors and resources / strengths of the patients, and Concept of health and disease.

Keywords: Family Practice; Fables; Metaphors; Patient-centered Interview, Biopsicosocial Model, Actors and resources; Strengths of the patients; Health; Disease.