Shankar Pathiyil Ravi
IMU Centre for Education, International Medical University, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
J Nepal Health Res Counc. 2021 Sep 6;19(2):439-440. doi: 10.33314/jnhrc.v19i2.3339.
Medical humanities use the creative and intellectual strengths of the arts for specific purposes in medical education. The author read with great interest the Medical humanities program at the Patan Academy of Health Sciences and has been associated with Medical humanities since 2007. There are several factors favouring the development of Medical humanities in Nepal but the major challenge is there is no specific faculty and/or department involved and the discipline may be relegated to the background in the face of other pressing priorities. In the west humanities faculty had played an important role in popularizing Medical humanities. Clinical teachers can incorporate Medical humanities into their clinical teaching. Large student sizes and lesser number of faculty may be challenges in moving the discipline forward. Keywords: Medical humanities, medical schools, Nepal, undergraduate medical.
医学人文学科利用艺术的创造力和智力优势，在医学教育中实现特定目的。作者饶有兴趣地研读了帕坦健康科学学院的医学人文学科项目，并自2007年起与医学人文学科相关联。尼泊尔有几个有利于医学人文学科发展的因素，但主要挑战在于没有专门的教员和/或部门参与，而且面对其他紧迫的优先事项，该学科可能会被置于次要地位。在西方，人文学科教员在推广医学人文学科方面发挥了重要作用。临床教师可以将医学人文学科纳入他们的临床教学中。学生规模大而教员数量少可能是推动该学科发展的挑战。关键词：医学人文学科、医学院校、尼泊尔、本科医学教育
