Value of narrative medicine in professional ethics education for medical students in China / 中华医学教育探索杂志

ABSTRACT

This article first analyzes the problems existing in the current professional ethics education of medical students, and then through combing the current status of narrative medicine research at home and abroad, we discuss the importance of narrative medicine in promoting professional ethics education of medical students in China from three aspects improving doctor-patient communication ability, inspiring medical students' sense of social responsibility, and enriching the current vocational education models for medical students. It also proposes to integrate narrative medicine into medical students' professional ethics education from the three stages of basic course learning stage, social practice stage and clinical practice stage, in order to improve the current status of medical students' professional ethics education and improve the cultivation of medical students' professional spirit.