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Re: [Phys-l] Educating Physicians: A Call for Reform of Medical School and Residency #2

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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To access the complete 7 kB post please click on <http://tinyurl.com/28afmml>.

Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
Honorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of Deventer, The Netherlands
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Invention of the Internet (PEDARRII)
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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.