Xinglin Torch Passed on Forever - Sun Yat-sen Medical College held the opening ceremony of the anatomy course and the thanksgiving ceremony of the "general teacher" on the north and south campuses

    In the spring season, the opening ceremony of "Basic Anatomy" and "Clinical Anatomy" of Sun Yat-sen Medical College was launched simultaneously on the north and south campuses. In the Thanksgiving Corridor of the Life Science Building on the South Campus, the freshmen of the Class of 2024 stood and listened; On the Zhishan Square on the North Campus, the 2022 students solemnly lined up to complete the "General Teacher" thanksgiving ceremony.

    Professor Guo Kaihua, Director of the Department of Anatomy, officiated at the ceremony, emphasizing: "These silent teachers are the most profound textbooks, not only teaching the subtle structure of the human body, but also interpreting the ultimate proposition of life and great love. They are important teachers for medical students to recognize life, and they also encourage our medical students to become doctors with both virtue and art in the future. "

    Subsequently, the student representative recited the "Thanksgiving Speech to the General Teacher" in a sonorous voice: "Although you have no name to remember, you have been a parent and a child; Now, with flesh and blood, cast the benevolence of the doctor. May our generation be in awe, practice exquisite techniques, bear the weight of life, and avoid misdiagnosis. Seek truth under the tip of the knife, fulfill the oath in the apricot forest, only comfort the heroic soul with sincerity, and wish the deceased rest in peace. ”

    At the ceremony, the young faces were solemn, conveying the awe of life and the solemn commitment to the mission of medicine. The sonorous and powerful voices echoed in the buildings, expressing the deep gratitude and high respect of the medical students to the "general teacher". Subsequently, all the teachers and students collectively bowed three times and presented flowers to express their sorrow and admiration.

Fig: South Campus Memorial Ceremony

Fig: North Campus Memorial Ceremony

    Since 2009, when the first thanksgiving education session was initiated, our hospital has continued to deepen the humanistic medical education system, focusing on cultivating the medical humanistic literacy of undergraduates of our hospital, Guanghua School of Stomatology, School of Public Health, and School of Nursing. In 2015, the North Campus Zhishan Square was opened as a fixed ceremony venue, and this year, the South Campus Thanksgiving Venue was opened for the first time, and the North and South campuses formed a dual-district linkage. In conjunction with the activities carried out throughout the year, such as Qingming Memorial Service and family visits by donors, Sun Yat-sen Medical College has established a humanistic education that runs through the whole process of medical education.

    This 15-year-old ritual is not only the initiation of the anatomy course, but also the foundation of the doctor's benevolence. When the Lancet opened the road of medical knowledge, the young doctors have embarked on the journey of inheriting great love with the reverence for life, and continue to move forward and write a more brilliant chapter on the road of medicine in the future.