Ethical-humanistic axis of a medical school in Bahia: students’ perception

Abstract Universities have been restructuring their curricula to direct medical practice onto the Brazilian Unified Health System, driven by the publication of the National Curricular Guidelines for the Undergraduate Medical Course in 2001, by introducing humanities as an important instrument to the students’ education. The Faculty of Medicine of Bahia, Brazil, reformulated its curriculum in 2007 and implemented the ethical-humanistic axis, provided from the first to the eighth semester of the course, aiming at adapting the education of physicians to the profile proposed by the guidelines. Our study analyzes the students’ perception of this axis in the curriculum. Questionnaires were applied to obtain 418 respondents. The students know the objectives of the ethical-humanistic axis; however, they think their colleagues do not consider the axis important for their education. Although most of students favor subjects from the biological and clinical modules, they also consider the disciplines of the ethical-humanistic axis should be present in all semesters.

摘要 受2001年发布的《本科医学课程国家课程指导纲要》（National Curricular Guidelines for the Undergraduate Medical Course）推动，巴西各高校正重构课程体系，将医学实践导向巴西统一医疗体系（Brazilian Unified Health System），并将人文学科作为学生教育的重要支撑。巴西巴伊亚医学院于2007年完成课程重构，设置了伦理人文主线（ethical-humanistic axis），覆盖本科课程第一至第八学期，旨在使医学教育契合该指导纲要提出的人才培养要求。本研究针对学生对该课程主线的认知展开分析，共回收有效问卷418份。结果表明，学生均知晓伦理人文主线的培养目标，但认为其同伴并未重视该模块对自身教育的重要价值。尽管多数学生更青睐生物与临床模块的课程，但他们也认为伦理人文模块的课程应覆盖所有学期。