The narrative turn in doctor-patient communication research and cultivation of medical students' medical narrative competence

Effective medical practice in the biopsycho-social medical model calls for the doctor's and communicative skills. The gradual application of narratives in medical practice and research facilitates the combination of methods with medical science. The narrative medicine movement greatly promotes the turn in the research of doctor-patient communication and provides a new perspective in medical humanities education. In the process of doctor-patient communication, the appropriate use of doctors' high competence contributes to effective doctor-patient communication and helps to build a harmonious doctor-patient relationship. In medical education, the teaching strategy of combining classroom teaching with clinical probation teaching should be adopted to cultivate and enhance medical students' medical competence. Key words: Doctor-patient communication; Medical humanities education; Medical competence; Teaching strategy