Transitions in Basic Medical Science Teaching

摘要: This chapter will trace changes in the goals, instruction and governance of basic science education over last century. In first half 20th century departments organized by discipline (e.g. anatomy, physiology, pathology) did their best to teach medical students facts concepts which faculty thought were necessary for practice medicine. included utilizing scientific method solve problems relative discipline. By end century, some schools content was being defined interdisciplinary groups taught more integrated ways with expectation that this would enable be better able recall, integrate utilize knowledge clinical situations. Research suggested problem solving skills are less generalizable than originally thought, promoted teaching each or sub-discipline, e.g. gastroenterology nephrology.