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Area of Science:

• Medical Education
• Humanities in Medicine

Context:

• Growing interest in integrating humanities into medical curricula.
• Addressing perceived communication deficits in healthcare.
• Traditional medical education may prioritize exam relevance over holistic development.

Purpose:

• To explore the role and effectiveness of humanities in medical education.
• To evaluate the current integration of humanities at the University of Oslo.
• To propose improvements for humanities curricula in medical training.

Summary:

• Medical students express varied experiences with humanities integration.
• Current humanities courses are perceived as supplementary rather than core.
• A need exists for critical evaluation and logical structuring of humanities content.

Impact:

• Suggests a need for more critical assessment of humanities content in medical schools.
• Advocates for humanities to encompass self-care and broader scientific/historical contexts for professionals.
• Aims to foster more reflective and empathetic healthcare practitioners.