The role of humanities in the medical curriculum: medical students' perspectives.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The humanities have long been shown to play an important role in the medical school curriculum. However, few studies have looked into the opinions of medical students on the usefulness and necessity of the humanities as well as their extracurricular involvement with them. The aim of this study was to: a) understand medical students' attitude towards the humanities in medical education and b) assess their understanding of the necessary qualities of doctors and how interaction with the humanities affects the development of such attributes.

Methods

A mixed methods survey was designed to elicit demographics, engagement, interest and perspective on curricular positioning, and to explore how students ranked the qualities of a doctor. It was distributed to medical studen

SUBMITTER: Petrou L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7992827 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature