MEDICAL-EDUCATION IN THE 1990S - AND BEYOND - A VIEW FROM THE UNITED-STATES

Authors
PETERSDORF RG TURNER KS
Citation
Rg. Petersdorf et Ks. Turner, MEDICAL-EDUCATION IN THE 1990S - AND BEYOND - A VIEW FROM THE UNITED-STATES, Academic medicine, 70(7), 1995, pp. 41-47
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine Miscellaneus","Education, Scientific Disciplines
Journal title
Academic medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
10402446
Volume
70
Issue
7
Year of publication
1995
Supplement
S
Pages
41 - 47
Database
ISI
SICI code
1040-2446(1995)70:7<41:MIT1-A>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
American medical education sos under continued study, and reforms are being suggested to improve it. The current paper reviews the standard U.S. medical school curriculum and discusses suggestions for change. M edical education must become more student and learning oriented, must place more emphasis on primary care, and must use new settings for edu cation. The paper also examines the reasons that medical schools fail in their education mission.