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Medical Education for the Future
Bleakley, Alan; Bligh, John; Browne, Julie
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Description for Medical Education for the Future
Hardback. This book argues that medical education is undergoing a deep transition - a paradigm shift or tipping point. The authors articulate the conditions of possibility for such a shift through examining relationships between power, identity and location. Series: Advances in Medical Education. Num Pages: 308 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JNC; JNKC; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 620.
The purpose of medical education is to benefit patients by improving the work of doctors. Patient centeredness is a centuries old concept in medicine, but there is still a long way to go before medical education can truly be said to be patient centered. Ensuring the centrality of the patient is a particular challenge during medical education, when students are still forming an identity as trainee doctors, and conservative attitudes towards medicine and education are common amongst medical teachers, making it hard to bring about improvements. How can teachers, policy makers, researchers and doctors bring about lasting change that will ... Read more
The purpose of medical education is to benefit patients by improving the work of doctors. Patient centeredness is a centuries old concept in medicine, but there is still a long way to go before medical education can truly be said to be patient centered. Ensuring the centrality of the patient is a particular challenge during medical education, when students are still forming an identity as trainee doctors, and conservative attitudes towards medicine and education are common amongst medical teachers, making it hard to bring about improvements. How can teachers, policy makers, researchers and doctors bring about lasting change that will ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
Series
Advances in Medical Education
Number of Pages
292
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048196913
SKU
V9789048196913
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99-15
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