Evaluating the Impact of the Humanities in Medical Education

摘要: The inclusion of the humanities in medical education may offer significant potential benefits to individual future physicians and community as a whole. Debate remains, however, about definition precise role education, whether at premedical, school, or postgraduate level. Recent trends have revealed an increasing presence training. This article reviews literature on impact performance students residents challenges posed by evaluation education. Students who major college perform just well, if not better, than their peers with science backgrounds during school residency objective measures achievement such National Board Medical Examiners scores academic grades. Although many electives courses are offered premedical curricula, measuring quantifying has proven challenging because diverse content goals. Many published studies involve self-selected groups seek measure subjective outcomes which difficult measure, increases empathy, professionalism, self-care. Further research is needed define optimal for training; particular, more quantitative examine that it physician beyond residency. educators must consider what can contribute how its be measured, ultimate we hope achieve.