Medical Education Management ›› 2026, Vol. 12 ›› Issue (2): 198-204.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2096-045X.2026.02.010

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Integration and effect evaluation of medical humanistic practice in infectious diseases clinical education

  

  1. 1. Department of Oncology, Beijing You'an Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China; 2. Basic and Clinical Medicine Joint Laboratory, Capital Medical University Beijing 100069, China; 3. Department of Education, Beijing You'an Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
  • Received:2026-07-07 Revised:2025-07-29 Online:2026-04-20 Published:2026-05-06

Abstract:

 Objective To observe the effectiveness of applying medical humanistic practice in the clinical teaching of infectious diseases for medical students, and to explore its value in improving students' empathy ability and professional literacy.Methods A total of 80 students from January 2023 to December 2023 were selected from 2 classes for clinical internship of infectious diseases, including 40 students in each class. Each class was randomly divided into an observation group and a control group at a ratio of 1∶1. The practice of medical humanities was integrated into the clinical teaching of epidemiology as a new teaching method for the observation group, while the control group only adopted the traditional teaching method. The Jefferson Empathy Scale scores, humanities practice assessment results, and infectious diseases examination scores were compared between the two groups before and after teaching.Results After teaching, the observation group had significantly higher humanities practice assessment scores [(6.89±0.68) point vs (5.80 ± 0.64)point, P<0.001)] and Jefferson Scale of Empathy scores [(113.00±16.25) points vs (104.97±10.04) points, P=0.030) ]than the control group. The observation group also achieved significantly higher scores in history taking and physical examination [(95.20 ± 2.09) points vs 90.52 ± 6.43) points, P<0.001 ], medical record writing [(95.30 ± 2.12) points vs (89.27 ± 4.13) points, P< 0.001)], and problem-based learning assessment[ (97.57 ± 0.67) points vs (96.77 ± 1.27) point, P=0.001)].Conclusion Integrating medical humanistic practice into clinical teaching of infectious diseases can improve medical students' empathic capacity and clinical practice ability, and is an effective approach to enhancing the teaching quality of infectious diseases.

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