The Medical Humanities Curriculum in Taiwan: Curriculum Survey and Student Interviews
Resource
醫學教育 v.12 n.2 pp.107-117
Journal
醫學教育,v.12
Journal Issue
n.2
Pages
107-117
Date Issued
2008
Date
2008
Author(s)
Abstract
This paper is based on a pilot study for a Ministry of Education sponsored project on medical humanities education. The aim of the study is to investigate the state of medical humanities education in Taiwan covering the academic years 2006 and 2007. The content of the paper is organized into two parts: a curriculum survey and student interviews. The discussion covers the challenges associated with the medical humanities curriculum in Taiwan and proposes suggestions for its future development. The research methodology consisted of three steps. The first was a web search for curriculum information from the eleven medical schools in Taiwan. The second step was a questionnaire survey of the Departments of Medicine at all of the medical schools. The final step was in-depth interviews of medical students enrolled at all of the schools. The study results show that the existing medical humanities courses could be classified into nine domains: introducing the medical humanities, the patient doctor relationship, medicine and literature, medicine and history, medicine and arts, medicine and society, cultural competence, social service and career planning. The in-depth interviews were able to further point out the strengths and weaknesses of current curricula and should serve as reference for future curriculum developers.
Subjects
medical humanities curriculum
curriculum survey
student interview
SDGs