Department of Science and Education, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, P.R. China.
School of Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, P.R. China.
Med Educ Online. 2023 Dec;28(1):2182691. doi: 10.1080/10872981.2023.2182691.
Humanistic education aims to promote educated people's practical and conscious activities to enhance their humanity, cultivate ideal personalities, and realize personal and social values, to develop a humanistic spirit. The advancement of higher education in China has led to the proposal to strengthen scientific and humanistic education integration. Medicine is between science and humanities, shouldering the important task of training senior medical personnel, the quality of medical students will affect the quality of future medical and health work; thus, medical students must explore and practice humanistic education. Promoting and practicing volunteerism is a specific act of constructing spiritual civilization in the whole society, and it is also considered beneficial for improving citizens' sense of responsibility and dedication. Medical students' practice of volunteerism and help in society is a precise manifestation of humanistic care. This review summarizes medical students' exploration and practice of humanistic education in volunteering.
人文教育旨在促进有教养的人的实践和自觉活动，以增强他们的人性，培养理想人格，实现个人和社会价值，培养人文精神。中国高等教育的发展导致了加强科学和人文教育融合的建议。医学处于科学和人文之间，肩负着培养高级医学人才的重要任务，医学生的素质将影响未来医疗卫生工作的质量；因此，医学生必须探索和实践人文教育。促进和实践志愿服务是构建全社会精神文明的具体行为，也被认为有利于提高公民的责任感和奉献精神。医学生在社会实践中的志愿服务和帮助是人文关怀的精准体现。本文综述了医学生在志愿服务中探索和实践人文教育的情况。
