Singh Navjeevan
University College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Indian J Med Ethics. 2012 Jul-Sep;9(3):166-9. doi: 10.20529/IJME.2012.057.
Understanding the medical humanities (MH) and their role in medical education is in its infancy in India. Students are initiated into professional (medical) education too early in life, usually at the expense of a basic grounding in the humanities, resulting in warped intellectual growth. The author, arguing against the wholesale import of foreign systems, advocates free inquiry by medical educators to evolve a humanities programme for medical students derived from our own cultural context. This essay describes the early experiences of efforts to make a beginning at the University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi. The author reviews the various strategies used and the challenges of introducing the subject to the current generation of medical students.
在印度，对医学人文（MH）及其在医学教育中作用的理解尚处于起步阶段。学生过早地开始接受专业（医学）教育，通常是以牺牲人文基础知识为代价，这导致了智力发展的扭曲。作者反对全盘引进国外体系，主张医学教育工作者进行自由探究，以制定一个源自我们自身文化背景的医学生人文课程。本文描述了在德里医学科学大学学院开展这项工作的早期经历。作者回顾了所采用的各种策略以及向当代医学生引入该学科所面临的挑战。
