The Importance of Medical Humanities Education in the Cultivation of Medical Students' Comprehensive Quality

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62517/jmpe.202518604

Author(s)

Shi Shaonan

Affiliation(s)

School of Marxism, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, Shaanxi, China

Abstract

With the continuous advancement of global medical technology and the increasing demand for humanized medical services, the cultivation of medical students' comprehensive quality has become a core goal of medical education. The purpose of this study is to explore the core role and practical value of medical humanities education in the cultivation of medical students' comprehensive quality, and to provide theoretical support and practical reference for the reform of global medical education. This study adopted a mixed research method combining systematic literature review and cross-sectional survey. First, a comprehensive search was conducted in databases such as PubMed, Web of Science, and CNKI to sort out and analyze domestic and foreign literatures on medical humanities education and medical students' comprehensive quality cultivation in the past 10 years; then, a questionnaire survey was carried out among 500 medical students from 10 medical colleges and universities in different countries to investigate their cognitive level of medical humanities, the current situation of receiving humanities education, and the impact of humanities education on their professional literacy, communication ability and ethical judgment. The results showed that medical humanities education has a significant positive correlation with the improvement of medical students' comprehensive quality, which can effectively enhance their empathy ability, sense of professional responsibility, ethical decision-making ability and doctor-patient communication skills; however, there are problems such as inadequate integration of humanities education into professional training, single teaching mode and uneven teaching quality in medical education in many countries. The conclusion points out that medical humanities education is an indispensable part of medical students' comprehensive quality cultivation, and it is necessary to construct a diversified and integrated medical humanities education system integrating curriculum setting, practical teaching and cultural edification to promote the all-round development of medical students and meet the needs of modern medical practice.

Keywords

Medical Humanities Education; Medical Students; Comprehensive Quality Cultivation; Professional Ethics; Doctor-Patient Communication

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