Some subscribers to Phys-L might be interested in a recent post "Re:
Educating Physicians: A Call for Reform of Medical School and
Residency" [Hake (2010)]. The abstract reads:
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ABSTRACT: Cooke, Irby, & O'Brien (2010) in "Educating Physicians: A
Call for Reform of Medical School and Residency" wrote: "The current
blueprint for medical education in North America was articulated in
1910 by Abraham Flexner. . . .
Yet during the past century, the practice of medicine and its
scientific, pharmacological and technological foundations have been
transformed. Now medical education in the United States is at a
crossroads: those who teach medical students and residents must
choose whether to continue in the direction established over a
hundred years ago or to take a fundamentally different course, guided
by contemporary innovation and new understanding about how people
learn. . . . . .
In our review and observation of medical education, we were as well
influenced by research in the learning sciences and medical
education. Much of this research has been distilled in 'How People
Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School' (Bransford, Brown, &
Cocking, 1999) for the National Academy of Sciences."
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REFERENCES [Tiny URL's courtesy <http://tinyurl.com/create.php>.]
Cooke, M., D.M. Irby, & B.C. O'Brien. 2010. Forward by Lee S.
Shulman. "Educating Physicians: A Call for Reform of Medical School
and Residency." Jossey-Bass, publisher's information at
http://tinyurl.com/2cwtg45 . Amazon.com information at
http://tinyurl.com/288m2ag. Note the searchable "Look Inside" feature.
Hake, R.R. 2010. "Re: Educating Physicians: A Call for Reform of
Medical School and Residency #2," online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives
at <http://tinyurl.com/28afmml>. Post of 9 Jun 2010 06:25:32 -0700
to AERA-L, DrEd, and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete
post are being distributed to various discussion lists and are also
online at
<http://hakesedstuff.blogspot.com/2010/06/re-educating-physicians-call-for-reform_09.html>
with a provision for comments.