The research of American medical humanities education / 国际中医中药杂志

ABSTRACT

In the middle of the 20th century, the United States first proposed the medical humanities theory to campus and offered a variety of medical humanities curriculum, hoping that medical students would have a better understanding of diseases, pain, show themselves more compassion, and foster their communication skills. In recent years, the medical humanities education played a positive role in developing and improving medical students’ comprehensive ability as well as their diagnosis and treatment technology. Currently, American pays more attention to establish a unified and objective standard to evaluate the effect of medical humanities curriculum. Meanwhile, many experts give some suggestions to the medical humanities education.