Abstract: Narrative medicine is a medical practice with narrative skills. Narrative medicine education is to train and cultivate the narrative ability of medical students, such as reflection and empathy, through specific training methods. There are mainly two methods: close reading of literary works and narrative reflective writing (parallel medical record writing). In western countries, the narrative medicine has been widely valued by medical colleges and universities, but it just began in China. The teaching of obstetrics and gynecology should pay more attention to the humanistic care for women, and the narrative medical education mode suitable for national conditions and social culture in China is worth trying and promoting.

Key words: narrative medicine, clinical teaching, obstetrics and gynecology, parallel medical record