Pauranik Anvita
Department of Radiology, GS Medical College, Parel, Mumbai, India.
Indian J Med Ethics. 2012 Jul-Sep;9(3):162-4. doi: 10.20529/IJME.2012.055.
The barrage of competitive examinations, overwork, sleep deprivation, and the pressure of expectations all combine to destroy the dreams that resident doctors have when they start medical school. The empathy they had before entering this field fades away, and they eventually become insensitive to their patients. Medical humanities may be the means to halt this trend. Sensitising young minds, using the arts, literature, history and lessons on social issues, may bring about a paradigm shift in these doctors' outlook towards their patients. However, for the humanities to be integrated into medical education, the current curriculum must be modified and made more clinically and socially relevant. Further, the humanities cannot be taught in lecture halls; they need to be integrated into all aspects of medical school. For this, the medical school faculty should be sensitised to, and trained in, humanities education.
竞争性考试的重重压力、过度劳累、睡眠不足以及期望带来的压力，共同摧毁了住院医生刚开始医学院学习时怀揣的梦想。他们进入这个领域之前所拥有的同理心逐渐消失，最终对患者变得冷漠无情。医学人文可能是阻止这一趋势的手段。通过艺术、文学、历史以及社会问题课程来启发年轻的心灵，可能会使这些医生对待患者的态度发生范式转变。然而，要将人文融入医学教育，必须对当前课程进行修改，使其在临床和社会方面更具相关性。此外，人文不能仅在讲堂里教授；它们需要融入医学院的各个方面。为此，医学院的教师应该对人文教育有所认识并接受相关培训。
