Korean Journal of Medical Education  2015;27(3):163-165

doi:10.3946/kjme.2015.27.3.163

Humanities in medical education: between reduction and integration.

Taehee HAN 1

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Keywords

Humanities; Integration; Medicine; Reduction

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

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.