Medical Humanities and General Practice Literacy
Reading disease with expertise, delivering care through dialogue
Course Overview
This programme builds the medical humanities knowledge, general-practice clinical thinking and practical communication skills needed by medical students and healthcare professionals. Through real-world case discussions, high-fidelity scenario simulations and interdisciplinary collaborative training, participants develop a patient-centred approach to care, alongside greater ethical awareness and communication effectiveness. With a focus on the role of general practice within global healthcare systems, the programme integrates leading international experience with the realities of frontline care in China — building clinical reasoning, interdisciplinary collaboration and professional resilience for complex healthcare settings, supporting learners to become well-rounded clinicians combining technical excellence with humanistic care.
Learning Objectives
Build humanistic care through the core principles of medical humanities
Apply medical ethics to clinical decision-making
Strengthen patient-doctor communication to build trust and improve quality of care
Understand the principles and role of general practice within healthcare systems
Develop interdisciplinary clinical thinking
Strengthen clinical reasoning and adaptability through cases and applied practice
Teaching Methods
Case analysis
Scenario simulation
Interdisciplinary reading
Applied practice
Group discussion
Case analysis
Scenario simulation
Interdisciplinary reading
Applied practice
Group discussion
Curriculum
| # | Module |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1. Introduction to medical humanities: medicine as both science and humanity 1. Introduction to medical humanities: medicine as both science and humanity |
| 2 | 2. Medical ethics and clinical decision-making: ethical challenges and value judgement 2. Medical ethics and clinical decision-making: ethical challenges and value judgement |
| 3 | 3. Patient-doctor communication and empathy: building trust and improving patient experience 3. Patient-doctor communication and empathy: building trust and improving patient experience |
| 4 | 4. The foundations and global perspective of general practice: the core competencies of GPs 4. The foundations and global perspective of general practice: the core competencies of GPs |
| 5 | 5. Medicine through interdisciplinary lenses: literature, philosophy, history and medicine 5. Medicine through interdisciplinary lenses: literature, philosophy, history and medicine |
| 6 | 6. Psychological resilience for healthcare professionals: managing stress and burnout 6. Psychological resilience for healthcare professionals: managing stress and burnout |
| 7 | 7. Clinical practice in general medicine: initial diagnosis and comprehensive assessment 7. Clinical practice in general medicine: initial diagnosis and comprehensive assessment |
| 8 | 8. Care for special populations: delivering individualised services 8. Care for special populations: delivering individualised services |
| 9 | 9. General practice observership: first-hand experience of primary care 9. General practice observership: first-hand experience of primary care |
| 10 | 10. Synthesis and applied practice: case studies and career development planning 10. Synthesis and applied practice: case studies and career development planning |