Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives | |
The role of medical education in the development of the scientific practice of medicine | |
Lucien Cardinal1  Alan Kaell1  | |
[1] Stony Brook University School of Medicine; | |
关键词: Scientific medicine; academic medicine; medical education; medical history; | |
DOI : 10.1080/20009666.2017.1286815 | |
来源: DOAJ |
【 摘 要 】
The authors describe the important role of medical schools and graduate medical education programs (residencies) in relationship to the advances in Medicine witnessed during the twentieth century; diagnosis, prognosis and treatment were revolutionized. This historical essay details the evolution of the education system and the successful struggle to introduce a uniform, science-based curriculum and bedside education. The result was successive generations of soundly educated physicians prepared with a broad knowledge in science, an understanding of laboratory methods and the ability to practice medicine at the bedside. These changes in medical education created a foundation for the advancement of medicine.
【 授权许可】
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