Educating for Care: The Pedagogical Core in Medical Education

The article reflects on the integration of a “diffused pedagogical core” into medical training, considering clinical practice as intrinsically educational. It links therapeutic effectiveness (to cure) to the ethical and relational quality of care (to care), framing the latter as a paradigm of professional identity. In the field of Medical Humanities, storytelling, simulation and counselling emerge as methods for promoting reflexivity and ethical responsibility in healthcare.