Advancing Humanism in Medical Education

Twelve tips on teaching and learning humanism in medical education.

BACKGROUND The teaching of humanistic values is recognized as an essential component of medical education and continuing professional development of physicians. The application of humanistic values in medical care can benefit medical students, clinicians and patients. AIMS This article presents 12 tips on fostering humanistic values in medical education. METHOD The authors reviewed the lite...

Advancing social media in medical education.

Humanism or professionalism? The White Coat Ceremony and medical education.

In this article, the author challenges the widely held assumption that humanism and professionalism are necessarily complementary themes in medical education. He argues that humanism and professionalism are two very different value systems with different rationales, different goals, and different agendas. Whereas humanism is a universal, egalitarian ideology, professionalism represents the paro...

Hospice Home Immersion Project: Advancing Medical Education

The University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNECOM) Hospice Immersion project was piloted in 2014 in southern Maine. It was designed and implemented as an experiential medical education learning model whereby medical students were “admitted” into the local Hospice Home to live there for 48 hours. Until this project, palliative and end of life care education at US Medical Scho...

the implications of behaviorism and humanism theories in medical education

the clinical environment remains a key area for learning, and practitioners continue to make a huge contribution to the education of students. varieties of theories of learning are available for trainers to use in medical education, it is very important to identify the principles of learning and understand how individual differences affect the learning process. it is interesting to think about ...