Chinese Journal of Medical Education ›› 2025, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (1): 11-20.DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn115259-20240930-01017

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Reflections on the reform and development of medical humanities education in the conceptual context of comprehensive health

Duan Zhiguang1, Wang Chen2, Shi Yan2, Hu Anxia3   

  1. 1Medical Education Research Center of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China;
    2Medical and Health Humanities Research Centre of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China;
    3Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China
  • Received:2024-09-30 Online:2025-01-01 Published:2025-01-03
  • Contact: Duan Zhiguang, Email: dzg528@sxmu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    The First Series of New Projects for Research and Practice in the Liberal Arts Reform of the Ministry of Education in 2021 (2021020012)

Abstract: The reform and development of medical humanities education has become one of the hot-spots in the conceptual context of comprehensive health.A comprehensive analysis of the current status of medical humanities education, coupled with a systematic review and bibliometric analysis of relevant Chinese and English literature, reveals that medical humanities education in China to focus primarily on talent cultivation and curriculum reform. Medical humanities education should deepen the reform vertically and expand horizontally to health humanities,in order to cope with the problems and challenges of the diversified needs of comprehensive health, and to meet the needs for the construction of a community of common health for mankind and a Healthy China initiative. This article reflects on the reform and development of medical humanities education in China from seven aspects: the renewal of educators′concepts, the adaptation of healthcare workers′ future roles, the modernization of educational content, the implementation of daily practice, the innovative research driving reform, the balanced innovation of the educational paradigm, and the guidance of evaluation indices.

Key words: Schools, medical, Comprehensive health, Medical humanities, Health humanities, Humanity education, Reform and development

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