Exploring the Integration Pathways between"45-Degree Youth"and Medical Humanities Education
Gu Fei
Zhang Yue
Abstract：In an era marked by dramatic social shifts and a fragmented value system,the"45-Degree Youth"has emerged as a metaphor for a generation suspended between aspiration and anchoring—becoming a concentrated reflection of contemporary spiritual fissures.Medical students,within the domain of medical education,exemplify this phenomenon with striking clarity:delayed professional identity formation,emotional underdevelopment,and a rupture in the sense of meaning.Using the"45-Degree Youth"as an analytical entry point,this paper examines its concrete manifestations and structural causes among medical students.It argues that the current over-technologization of medical education,coupled with an imbalance between scientific and humanistic dimensions,significantly contributes to the spiritual dislocation experienced by students.In response,the paper advocates for medical humanities education to serve as a vital mechanism for value guidance and subjectivity formation.By enhancing the capacity for spiritual embedding,emotional resonance,and ethical reconstruction,it seeks to construct a developmental pathway for medical students—from psychological suspension to grounded maturity.Through a focus on teacher role transformation,curricular integration,campus culture cultivation,and individual psychological support,the study proposes an integrative approach to bridging medical humanities education and the inner world of youth—addressing both the historical mission of medical education and the lived dilemmas of a generation in flux.
Keywords：45-Degree youthMedical humanities educationProfessional identitySpiritual embedding
Publication Date：2025-09-20
Online Publishing Date：2025-11-17(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 26-31 )