Chinese Journal of Medical Education ›› 2018, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (4): 515-518.DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-677X.2018.04.009

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A study on the relationship between extracurricular reading habits and humanistic qualities for medical students

Chen Ping, Xu Guowang, Han Jian, Li Xiaorong, Guan Ruiyuan, Li Wanbin, Zhang Hongmei, Wang Weimin   

  1. Office of Student Affairs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China (Chen P,Xu GW, Han J, Zhang HM); Department of Medical Psychology,Institute of Medical Humanities,Peking University, Beijing 100191, China (Guan RY); Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China (Wang WM); Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University,Beijing 100069, China (Li XR); Graduate School of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine,Beijing 100029, China(Li WB)
  • Received:2018-05-16 Online:2018-08-01 Published:2020-12-08
  • Contact: Zhang Hongmei, Email: zhanghm@bjmu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Capital University Students' Ideological and Political Education Research Project in 2017(BJSZ2017YB01)

Abstract: In order to explore the relationship between extracurricular reading habits and humanistic qualities, this study investigated more than one thousand students from three medical colleges in Beijing. The results show that medical students' humanistic qualities are positively related to the degree of emphasis on the extracurricular reading, the competence of making full use of the scattered time to accumulate knowledge, and the depth and breadth of reading humanities books. In order to fully improve medical students' humanistic qualities, medical colleges should guide medical students to understand the inadequacies of cultivating humanistic quality in our professional education system, provide medical students with adequate, convenient and multi-media humanities reading resources, and enrich the contents and forms of campus cultural activities.

Key words: Medical students, Humanistic qualities, Extracurricular reading