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11215959

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rdf:type
pubmed:issue
30
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-2-16
pubmed:abstractText
There is increasing interest in including humanities subjects in the medical curriculum, as a means of accelerating students' personal development and of helping them in their meeting with patients, in order to counteract a perceived communication deficit in the health care system. Traditionally, medical schools have favoured students who concentrate on what is most relevant for their exams, possibly at the expense of reflection, idealism and empathy. As medical students in the University of Oslo, we do not feel that the situation is as bad as some claim it is. Most medical students have a wide range of ability and show interest and involvement in their own as well as their patients' situation. Humanities subjects are included in the curriculum, but it is tempting to see them as "spice" added for flavour and spread out over the course with no clear logic behind it. We do not necessarily see the need for more humanities courses, but we do see a need for more critical evaluation of what is taught. Humanities in the medical education should aim not just at improving communication skills, they should also include perspectives on how health care professionals can take of themselves, and put medicine into a wider scientific and historical perspective.
pubmed:language
nor
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0029-2001
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
10
pubmed:volume
120
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3770-2
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-7-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
[How to teach ballet to a swat?].
pubmed:affiliation
Det medisinske fakultet, Universitetet i Oslo. kaholte@studmed.uio.no
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract