biostudies-literatureGuo KUndergraduate Teaching Reform and Quality Programme of Sun Yat-Sen UniversityHigher Education Reform Programme of Guangdong Province in China,440https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7672936biostudies-literatureUnknown20(1)<h4>Background</h4>One of the most important objectives of modern medical education is to empower medical students to become humanistic clinicians. Human anatomy plays a crucial role in this mission by using cadavers to cause reflections on death, dying, illness, and the role of medical practitioners in humanistic care. The objective of this study was to introduce, describe, and evaluate the impact of a ceremony in honor of the body donors on ethical and humanistic attitudes of medical students.<h4>Methods</h4>We used a phenomenological research approach to explore and understand the lived experiences of the anatomy teachers as they teach anatomy in the context of humanism and ethics. A separate survey of third-year medical students was carried out to understand their perceptions of changeBMC medical educationCultivation of humanistic values in medical education through anatomy pedagogy and gratitude ceremony for body donors.PMC7672936Grant number: 2016/236#Grant numbers 2019/285#, 2018/151#, and 2017/79#.Zhou LHGuo KChu GXu DZhong GWang HXu JLuo TfalseCultivation of humanistic values in medical education through anatomy pedagogy and gratitude ceremony for body donors.<h4>Background</h4>One of the most important objectives of modern medical education is to empower medical students to become humanistic clinicians. Human anatomy plays a crucial role in this mission by using cadavers to cause reflections on death, dying, illness, and the role of medical practitioners in humanistic care. The objective of this study was to introduce, describe, and evaluate the impact of a ceremony in honor of the body donors on ethical and humanistic attitudes of medical students.<h4>Methods</h4>We used a phenomenological research approach to explore and understand the lived experiences of the anatomy teachers as they teach anatomy in the context of humanism and ethics. A separate survey of third-year medical students was carried out to understand their perceptions of change2020-01-01T00:00:00Z2020 Nov2025-04-18T15:31:43.197Z2025-04-07T02:09:25.046ZS-EPMC76729363320338110.1186/s12909-020-02292-1