The Changing Face of Medical Education

Citation

(2011), "The Changing Face of Medical Education", International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Vol. 24 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijhcqa.2011.06224dae.004

The Changing Face of Medical Education

The Changing Face of Medical Education

Article Type: Recent publications From: International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Volume 24, Issue 4

Edited by Penelope Cavenagh, Sam J Leinster and Susan Miles,Radcliffe Publishing,January 2011,ISBN-10: 1 84619 457 1; ISBN-13: 9781846194573

Keywords: Medical education programmes, Medical history and education, Medical education development

The past 50 years – and even the past 20 years – have seen almost revolutionary change in medical education, which has emerged as a distinct discipline during that time. The curriculum to be covered, the most effective learning and teaching methods, and what kind of professional (and indeed person) medical education is intended to produce, how success can best be assessed and – not least – the make-up of students and teachers themselves have all changed enormously.

This unique text draws together a wide variety of perspectives and focuses in particular on the experiences of one of the UK’s newer medical schools. It examines the key changes that have shaped the field, its practitioners and its students, presenting unique perspectives on both its history and on the current state of the art.

This book is rewarding and informative reading for medical educationalists, academics, social scientists and researchers in medical history and education.

Contents include:

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  The history of change in the UK.

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  The effects of traditional medical education.

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  Learning to be professional – recent developments in undergraduate medical education.

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  A personal perspective on the curriculum shift from traditional to problem based learning (pbl) etc.

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  The shifting landscape: how undergraduate students have changed.

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  The holistic curriculum: balancing basic and psychosocial sciences with clinical practice.

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  Clinical teaching: past, present and future.

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  Statistics in medical education: doctors’ changing needs.

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  Changes in medical education – examining the students’ views.