臺灣醫學人文教育家──黃崑巖

黃崑巖教授是臺灣醫學人文教育家，一位博學多才、涉獵寬廣、在許多領域都有著傑出表現的追求知識者，無論是醫學專業、社會關懷與人文思考、藝術鑑賞，皆能以具體的成就獲得證明。民國71年，應成大夏漢民校長之邀，決心返國將所學回饋給心中牽掛的臺灣，出任成功大學醫學院創院院長，以美國喬治華盛頓大學微生物博士、教授之專業與其個人深厚的人文素養，致使成大醫學院在其全人教育理念之下成為具有濃厚人文氣息的醫學搖籃，相當程度提升南臺灣的藝術人文氣息。此外，復透過富有人生哲理與尖端知識的文章，以開啟當代知識分子的視野與胸襟；尤以「先作文化人，再作專業人」的呼籲與提倡，更是當前紛擾混亂時代下的空谷足音與當頭棒喝。擔任國家衛生研究院醫學院評鑑委員會主任委員期間，建立臺灣醫學教育評鑑制度，並正式獲得美國教育部通知臺灣醫學評鑑制度晉升為與美國「可評比(comparable)」的地位，開啟國內醫學院評鑑制度的新里程碑。自民國89年起屢次不辭辛勞風塵僕僕帶團前往歐洲遊說歐盟各國以爭取支持臺灣加入世界衛生組織(WHO)，深諳靜水流深之道。著有《莫札特與凱子外交》、《外星人與井底蛙》、《醫眼看人間》、《醫師不是天使》等書，稱之為臺灣醫學人文教育家，當之無愧。

關鍵字

黃崑巖；人文醫學教育家；成大醫學院；創院院長；夏漢民

並列摘要

Dr. Kun-yen Huang, is a pioneer on Taiwan's medical education and commemorated him as a Renaissance Man＂ for his knowledgeable, unquenchable curiosity and broad scope of interests revealing humanist ideal. Kun-Yen Huang was born in Hsinchu, Taiwan on Dec. 11, 1933. He received his medical degree from National Taiwan University in 1959. He received his doctorate of microbiology from George Washington University in 1967, and later joined the faculty, was a professor of microbiology, specializing in infectious diseases. Dr. Huang lived in the Washington area from 1963 to 1982 before moving to his native Taiwan. He returned to the D.C. region in 2009. He was best known for his work in Taiwan in the field of medical education. In 1982, Dr. Huang returned to Taiwan at the request of the Taiwanese government to develop a medical school and hospital for National Cheng Kung University. In Taiwan, Dr. Huang served from 1982 to 1995 as the first dean of the National Cheng Kung University College of Medicine (NCKUCM) in Tainan. From 1995 to 2005, Dr. Huang also led the Taiwanese committee seeking membership in the World Health Organization. He was a prolific writer with a weekly newspaper column and 12 published books. Dr. Huang had always encouraged the medical students of NCKUCM by saying ＂before you become a doctor, you must become an enlightened person, ＂Not only being a medical teacher but a teacher of humanities, human nature, and human rights, Dr. Huang helped found the NCKU Kun -Yen Medical Library embracing the humanistic ideal, designed a ceramic wall engraved Hippocratic oath highlighting ethic professional behavior, and elevated the requirement in values and ethics of medicine practice among the medical students.