Abstract: Humanistic doctor-patient communication is a basic capability for medical workers and is as important as medical technology. Its education has been getting more and more attention in recent years. However, the training and evaluation of humanistic doctor-patient communication as a practical other than theoretical capability has been difficult. A new method, clinical scenery drama, based on psychodrama and role theory, is developed by Dept. of Psychological Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital from recent 10 years of medical doctor and student training. In clinical scenery drama, medical students are thrown to different roles to empathize with their feelings and conflicts, try to resolve clinical dilemma with humanistic communication technique besides medical technology. Then the sharing and comments from teachers and observers help students to understand the situation from other perspectives and think about other possible solutions.

Key words: clinical scenery drama, humanistic medicine, doctor-patient communication, doctor-patient relationship, empathy