Modern Social Science Research

Against the backdrop of the comprehensive advancement in new medical education initiatives, the fundamental mission of medical humanities education has been clearly defined as cultivating virtue and nurturing talent, namely, fostering professionals who possess both solid medical expertise and exemplary medical ethics-individuals excelling in both moral integrity and professional competence. As a comprehensive educational philosophy embodying the characteristics of the new era, curriculum-based ideological and political education provides a systematic empowerment framework for medical humanities education through a three-dimensional mechanism of value guidance, cultural inheritance and practice-driven development. From the perspective of new medical education development, this manuscript first elucidates the theoretical framework through which curriculum-based ideological and political education enhances medical humanities education, revealing their profound interdependence in terms of value orientation, educational objectives, and functional positioning. It then summarizes practical explorations across four domains: basic medical sciences, clinical medicine, general education and the second classroom. Building on this, the paper delves into pressing real-world dilemmas in current practice, including fragmented integration of ideological and political elements, ambiguous educational goals, underdeveloped faculty capacity, absent evaluation mechanisms and hollowed-out practical components. Finally, it proposes targeted optimization pathways, such as strengthening top-level design, building faculty communities, expanding immersive practice approaches and improving multi-dimensional evaluation systems, in order to provide theoretical references and practical insights for the in-depth integration of curriculum-based ideological and political education and medical humanities education.

Serving national strategic needs; Fostering virtue through education; Curriculum-based ideological and political education; Medical humanities education