Commentary on “Forgotten Body in Medical Education: How Can I Heal When I Cannot Feel?”: “How much space is there for the body and movement in medical education?”

Sümbüloğlu İ., Gülpınar M. A.

ACADEMIC MEDICINE, vol.100, no.12, pp.1437, 2025 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

  • Publication Type: Article / Dance Performance Review
  • Volume: 100 Issue: 12
  • Publication Date: 2025
  • Doi Number: 10.1097/acm.0000000000006179
  • Journal Name: ACADEMIC MEDICINE
  • Journal Indexes: Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), CINAHL, Educational research abstracts (ERA), EMBASE, MEDLINE, MLA - Modern Language Association Database
  • Page Numbers: pp.1437
  • Marmara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

“How much space is there for the body and movement in medical education?”

This question, posed by a fourth-year medical student (A), who participated in my (I.S.’s) doctoral research on embodied learning through somatic experience activity, highlights a critical gap in medical education. A’s short narrative about this somatic experience is presented below as re-narrated by I.S. using the student’s own phrases.