우리나라 보건의료계열 대학의 인문사회 교육과정 분석

Humanities and Social Sciences Curricula in Healthcare Professional Colleges in Korea

Medical humanities are important disciplines in the education of healthcare professionals to achieve the goal of training healthcare professionals with a deep understanding of human beings and society. In this study, we investigated the scope of humanities and social science education proposed by the accreditation criteria of healthcare professional colleges, including medical, dentistry, oriental medicine, and nursing schools in Korea. Specific curricula related to humanities education were investigated from 19 medical schools, nine dentistry schools, 12 oriental medical schools, and 18 nursing schools. The most frequently offered liberal arts courses were English and writing, while major courses included ethics, regulations, communication, psychology, history, and management. Humanities courses tend to be placed in lower grades and social sciences in higher grades, but overall, education in humanities and social studies is spread throughout the entire school grades. This result would be an important reference in designing humanities and social medicine curricula integrated with six-year pharmacy school educational programs. Subjects such as pharmacy ethics, professionalism, pharmacy communication, history of pharmacy, healthcare policies and health insurance, regional public health and health promotion, management, and evidence-based pharmacy are suggested. Further discussions on the best selection of subjects and teaching methods should be continued.