Humanities in the undergraduate medical and midwifery curriculum: a descriptive Italian comparative study

• DOI: 10.23736/s0026-4784.18.04297-1
• Publication Date: 2018-11-22T10:39:22Z
• Authors: Sandra Morano; Antonella Lotti; Matilde M. Canepa; Giulia Sterrantino; Diliana Beleva; Laura Iannuzzi; Soo Downe
• Keywords: Syllabus; Bioethics; Medical humanities; Discipline

There is an increasing emphasis on humanized care in obstetric and midwifery practice. The goal of this paper to investigate if how medical humanities content was present the undergraduate syllabus similar or different from program Italy. A review 2017-18 curriculum for Italian Schools Medicine Midwifery carried out through institutional websites mailing requests. following details were collected each program: type content; academic credits allocated, whether it taught as a stand-alone (independent) topic not, year(s) when provided. Programs included 39 36 Midwifery. All schools at least one subject with content. Five (12.9) did not appear have any subjects area. Psychology ethics/bioethics most frequently found topics both disciplines, but, apart history medicine, much more likely than medicine include other topics, especially pedagogy, anthropology, sociology communication studies, philosophy cross-cultural studies rarely never either discipline. greater breadth schools. However, their relative importance appears be low, given low level lack presence independent subjects.