Journal
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH
Volume 46, Issue 9, Pages 3507-3517Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0300060518790415
Keywords
Medical education; humanistic cultivation; humanities courses; comparative study; undergraduate students; China; ethics
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Medical humanity is the soul of health education. Beginning medical students are taught various aspects of basic medicine, such as biochemistry, anatomy, and immunology. However, cultivation of the humanistic aspects of medicine has received increasing attention in recent decades. We performed a comparison study based on a literature search and our experience with medical humanistic courses in Western and Chinese medical colleges. We found both similarities and disparities in humanities courses offered in Western medical colleges and Chinese medical colleges. The delivery of humanities courses, such as medical sociology, medical ethics, medical psychology, and medical history, is widespread and helps to prepare students for their transformation from medical students to skilful medical professionals. Both Western and Chinese medical colleges offer a variety of medical humanistic courses for undergraduate students. Although Chinese medical humanistic education has undergone major changes, it still requires improvement and educators can learn from Western practice. We hope that our analysis will contribute to education reforms in the medical field.
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