Role of humanities in modern medical education.
Journal
Current opinion in psychiatry
ISSN: 1473-6578
Titre abrégé: Curr Opin Psychiatry
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8809880
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 09 2023
01 09 2023
Historique:
medline:
4
8
2023
pubmed:
17
7
2023
entrez:
17
7
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The role and importance of integrating humanities into medical education has been recognized for a long time. However, to what extent humanities are included in the medical curricula and how and when they are taught during the medical training in medical schools across the world is unclear. The review was undertaken to study the current status and role of humanities in medical education. Humanities content in the medical curriculum and the teaching of humanities continue to remain unstandardized. What constitutes medical humanities is unclear as there are several understandings of medical humanities. The benefits and value - both short term and long term - of including humanities in training of doctors and other health professionals remain unresolved and continue to be debated. Although some surveys have shown that exposure to the humanities was significantly correlated with positive personal qualities, including empathy, tolerance for ambiguity, wisdom, emotional appraisal, self-efficacy, and spatial skills, and inversely correlated with some components of burnout, robust evidence from well conducted studies to support the benefits of integrating humanities into medical training is very limited. An overreaching conceptual or theoretical framework for the health humanities in health professionals' education continue to be elusive. The status, stature, profile, and role of humanities in medical education remain varied across medical schools and universities. There is a need for standardized curricula, uniform criteria and guidelines for teaching medical humanities, training modules / materials, methods of assessment and better integration of humanities in medical education.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37458498
doi: 10.1097/YCO.0000000000000884
pii: 00001504-990000000-00081
doi:
Types de publication
Review
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
347-351Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
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