Massive Open Online Courses empower medical ethics education： current situation and optimization paths of humanistic quality cultivation
10.12026/j.issn.1001-8565.2025.11.15
- VernacularTitle:慕课赋能医学伦理教育：人文素养培育现状与优化路径
- Author:
Jingfang WANG
1
;
Yan ZHANG
2
Author Information
1. School of Foreign Studies， Chang’an University， Xi’an 710064， China
2. School of Pharmacy， Xi’an Medical University， Xi’an 710021， China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
medical ethics education;
Massive Open Online Course;
medical student;
humanistic quality;
education reform
- From:
Chinese Medical Ethics
2025;38(11):1483-1491
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Massive Open Online Courses （MOOCs） in medical ethics play a significant role in cultivating the humanistic quality of medical students. Through quantitative analysis， this paper compared the commonalities and differences in “medical ethics” MOOC courses in different types of colleges and universities， as well as proposed new paths for optimizing the cultivation of medical students’ humanistic quality. By searching and analyzing course data from “medical ethics” offered on mainstream MOOC platforms in China from 2013 to 2024， this paper explored new paths for the integration of MOOCs and humanistic quality from the perspectives of course content， faculty construction， student participation， and comparison between traditional Chinese medicine （TCM） universities and comprehensive universities. This study found that medical MOOCs focused on theoretical foundations and medical professional ethics and spirit， medical equity and social responsibility， as well as end-of-life care and medical humanistic care， forming a multidimensional curriculum system. Faculty teams reflected interdisciplinary characteristics， gathering teachers from disciplines such as medicine， philosophy， and education. Differences were observed between TCM universities and comprehensive universities. The former focused more on the origins and inheritance of humanistic care in TCM culture and ancient Chinese medical classics， while the latter emphasized more on Western ethical spirit. This paper can provide valuable insights for the diversified development of medical humanistic quality education， contribute to the integration of TCM ethics with modern medical ethics， provide references for online medical ethics education， implement new medical concepts， promote interdisciplinary integration of medicine and the humanities， and assists the reform and development of medical education.
