From tradition to modernity： the integrated development of medical humanities and narrative medicine
10.12026/j.issn.1001-8565.2026.02.09
- VernacularTitle:从传统到现代：医学人文与叙事医学的融合发展
- Author:
Xiaoxiong ZHU
1
;
Lijia DU
1
;
Yingru LIU
1
;
Xiaoying ZHANG
1
;
Jia NA
2
;
Zhifen YANG
1
Author Information
1. Department of Obstetrics， the East Campus， the Fourth Hospital， Hebei Medical University， Shijiazhuang 050000， China
2. Medicine-education Coordination and Medical Education Research Center， Hebei Medical University， Shijiazhuang 050017， China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
narrative medicine;
medical humanities;
medical education reform;
doctor-patient communication
- From:
Chinese Medical Ethics
2026;39(2):201-206
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Medical humanities consistently run through the entire process of medical development and educational reform. However， with the increasingly prominent dominance of evidence-based medicine in clinical practice， the medical humanities have gradually been weakened in both medical education and clinical practice. Narrative medicine， through telling and listening to patients’ stories， enhances healthcare professionals’ empathy， fosters doctor–patient communication， and facilitates a return to the humanistic essence of medical education and clinical practice. By sorting out and reviewing related literature and developmental trends both at home and abroad， this paper pointed out the existing structural problem of an imbalance between technological priority and humanistic care in medical education， focusing on how to achieve an effective integration of medical humanities and narrative medicine in medical education. This paper also systematically analyzed the significance of both medical humanities and narrative medicine in the medical education system and proposed promoting the deep embedding of narrative medicine in medical education from three entry points， namely， curriculum integration， interdisciplinary collaboration， and the construction of teaching evaluation systems. The aim was to provide theoretical support and practical experience for medical education reform， foster the coordinated development of professional competence and humanistic spirit among medical talents， and truly achieve the goal of cultivating well-rounded medical talents.
