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A new PhD training track: a proposal to improve basic science teaching. Am J Physiol 1997 Jun;272(6 Pt 3):S36-46

Date

06/01/1997

Pubmed ID

9227650

DOI

10.1152/advances.1997.272.6.S36

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0031154943 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   5 Citations

Abstract

There has been increasing criticism of medical basic science teaching; much of this has focused on overcrowding of the curriculum, inadequate application to clinical medicine, and the limited commitment of the faculty to teach. We have analyzed some of the factors that may contribute to these complaints, such as the fragmentation of physiology and the conflicting roles of the medical basic scientist. We have also reviewed some previous suggestions for improving basic science teaching. We suggest that a basic scientist with a background of integrative physiology, pharmacology, anatomy, and pathology, with a special emphasis on pathophysiology, would be well qualified to assume an important role in the medical education of the future. Because there is at present no established training program of this type, we have proposed a PhD training track with this objective and have listed some of the advantages and disadvantages of such a program.

Author List

Smith JJ, Koethe SM, Forster HV

Author

Hubert V. Forster PhD Professor in the Physiology department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Curriculum
Education, Graduate
Education, Medical
Learning
Physiology
Science
Teaching