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Humanities ; Humans

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Humanities ; Humans

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Humanities* ; Humans ; Netherlands

Humanities ; Knowledge ; Medicine

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Education, Medical* ; Fertilization* ; Humanities* ; Humans*

PURPOSE: This study aims to analyze the characteristics of discussion materials that promote student participation in discussions, satisfaction with student instruction, and tutor intervention in the medical humanities. METHODS: We surveyed 117 premedical students and 7 tutors who attended 4-week group discussions in the medical humanities in 2010. We described the discussion materials using the following 4 characteristics as independent variables: material type, level of understanding, interest, and quantity. Dependent variables were: student participation in the discussion, student instruction satisfaction, and tutor intervention. Correlation analysis, multiple regression analysis, and crosstab were performed using SPSS 15.0. RESULTS: The correlation between the characteristics of the discussion materials differed by grade. When the books were chosen as the discussion material in the instruction of first-year premedical students, the correlation between level of understanding, interest, and quantity was negative. Higher levels of understanding of the material and interest in the material led to an increase in discussion participation among both first- and second-year premedical students. Higher levels of understanding and interest of the discussion material also increased student satisfaction with the instruction, regardless of grade. Finally, levels of understanding of the material affected the degree of tutor intervention. Tutors intervened more often in discussions with first-year premedical students than with second-year premedical students. CONCLUSION: Differences in grades and the understanding of the discussion material should be considered when choosing discussion materials. Further study is required to continue the development of the discussion model and improve methods of facilitate discussion among students in the medical humanities.
Humanities ; Humans ; Students, Medical ; Students, Premedical

China ; Education, Medical ; methods ; Humanities ; Humans

Medicine has dual features of humanities and natural science. Thus, it is necessary for the development of modern higher education to carry out the humanistic quality education to medical students. It is not only the request of modern medical model and medical development, but also the urgent need of the development of medical and health. Besides, it plays an important part in the cultivation of medical students. In the face of the urgent need of cultivation for comprehensive humanistic quality of oral medical students, West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University, led in the cultivation method which is oriented by competency, give some suggestions to deal with students' lack of language ability, humanistic concern to patients and aesthetic accomplishment. And it has already achieved a better teaching effect.
China ; Dentistry ; Humanities ; Humans ; Students ; Students, Medical

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.
China ; Consensus ; Curriculum ; Humanities ; Humans ; Oral Medicine

Reductive logic has been a major reasoning style in development of modern biomedical sciences. However, when "medical humanities" is developed by reductive reasoning, integrative and holistic values of humanities tend to be weakened. In that sense, identity and significance of "medical humanities" continue to be controversial despite of its literal clarity. Humanities in medical education should be established by strengthening humanistic and socialistic aspects of regular medical curriculum as well as developing individual "medical humanities" programs.
*Curriculum ; *Education, Medical ; *Humanism ; *Humanities ; Humans ; Program Development ; Science ; Thinking