Anat Biol Anthropol.  2024 Mar;37(1):23-29. 10.11637/aba.2024.37.1.23.

Analysis of the Operation Case of an Korean Medicine Colleges Extracurricular Program Focusing on the Combination of Anatomy and Famous Paintings

• KIM SK
• Kim NK
• Kim TH
• Kim YE
• Kim BH

• KMID: 2562474
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.11637/aba.2024.37.1.23

Abstract

Anatomy not only occupies an important position as basic medicine, but also carries a big message in the medical humanities. Critical thinking, communication, collaboration, creativity, empathy and compassion are required as essential educational elements for students who will become medical professionals. It is a subject that can develop competency. However, in the field of medicine, university education is subdivided and systematized by major due to responsibility as an expert dealing with life and preparation for national qualification exams, so the amount of learning is greater than in other departments, and the competitive structure is entrenched in most cases due to the operation of a practical paid system. Therefore, the curriculum has some limitations in sufficiently exposing students to emotional learning experiences as a medical humanities approach through classes. In this approach, a college of Oriental medicine in Busan felt the need to develop and operate a non-curricular program to develop students’ core competencies. We planned an extracurricular program through famous paintings as an extension of the anatomy curriculum by reflecting students’ subject interests and required topics, and analyzed the operation results to lay the foundation for regular extracurricular program operation in the future.

Keyword

Extracurricular programs; Anatomy; Medical humanities; Famous paintings; Medical education