Consensus of Chinese experts on humanistic education of stomatology.

Collective Name:Expert Group of The Humanities Education of Stomatology Program
Publication Type:Journal Article
MeSH: China; Consensus; Curriculum; Humanities; Humans; Oral Medicine
From: Chinese Journal of Stomatology 2021;56(11):1054-1058
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Medical science in the new era calls for dental students to possess medical humanistic literacy. After investigating the current situations of medical humanity education in 20 domestic dental schools, analyzing the current problems faced by medical humanityeducation in China and convening discussions on medical humanities among experts in the field of dental education, we have formed the "Expert Consensus on Promoting Medical Humanities in Dental Education" which focused on "establishing medical humanities department for teaching and research, setting up medical humanity curriculum throughout the entire period of undergraduate study, implementing student-centered multiform teaching model and carrying out scientific and effective assessment of teaching". The aims of the expert consensus are to promote the humanity education in dental schools and to improve the comprehensive quality of dental students in China, so as to promote the construction of healthy China.