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Medical Humanities Education and Its Influence on Students' Outcomes in Taiwan: A Systematic Review

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FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE
卷 9, 期 -, 页码 -

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FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2022.857488

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medical humanities; medical students; nursing students; medical education; systematic review; curriculum

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  1. Ministry of Science and Technology [MOST 107- 2511-H-182-013]
  2. Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan [CDRPG 3J0051]
  3. Chang Gung Medical Education Research Center

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This study conducted a systematic review of medical humanities programs in Taiwan and found that while medical humanities education is widely implemented, there is no clear consensus on its rationale for inclusion or its localization from Western to Asian contexts. The study also identified positive impacts in terms of participants' attitudes, knowledge, and skills, but lacked strong evidence on the effects on students' behaviors or ongoing interaction with colleagues and patients.
Background: Medical education has emphasized the importance of integrating medical humanities training into the curriculum to benefit medical and nursing students' future practice, featuring in the list of national funding priorities for healthcare education research in Taiwan for many years. However, the extent to which this drive has resulted in medical humanities training, what rationales underpin its inclusion, and its efficacy is largely unknown. This study aims to address these issues across medical humanities programs within the Taiwanese context. Methods: We conducted a systematic review. Inclusion criteria included studies in English or Mandarin reporting outcomes of medical humanities courses in healthcare education settings in Taiwan between 2000 and 2019. We searched across five electronic databases (PubMed, Embase, ERIC, PsycInfo, Web of Science), following PRISMA guidelines. The Best Evidence Medical Education (BEME) Global Scale and Kirkpatrick Levels are used for identifying the strength of evidence. Results; 17 articles were extracted from the 134 identified. Intrinsic and instrumental rationales for the inclusion of medical humanities education were common, compared with epistemological-based and critical-based approaches. Several positive impacts were identified in relation to participation including modification of attitudes, knowledge, and skills. However, the highest level (i.e., unequivocal) of evidence characterized by effects on students' behaviors or ongoing interaction with colleagues and patients is lacking. Conclusion: Findings suggest that although medical humanities education is widely implemented in Taiwan, no clear consensus has been reached regarding the rationale for inclusion or how it is localized from Western to Asian contexts. Future research still needs to explore the long-term impact of medical humanities education for medical and nursing students and its impact on patient care.

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