Physicians and Medicine in the Twenty-first Century - The Challenge, Premedical Education, Admission To Medical School, Medical School Education, Medical Students

Physicians and Medicine in the Twenty-first Century - The Challenge

The description of the unfortunate state of physician training published in 1910 in the Flexner report served to revolutionize medical education in the United States. As this century nears its end, a new crisis seems to be looming. U.S. schools are producing some of the most technologically well-trained physicians in the world; nevertheless, critics argue that while our educational system is readi…

Physicians and Medicine in the Twenty-first Century - Premedical Education

Physicians and Medicine in the Twenty-first Century - Admission To Medical School

The AAMC's Council on General Professional Education of the Physician (GPEP), after a three-year study involving leading medical educators issued a report whose recommendations are believed to be of such import, that they could impact very significantly on the training of physicians for practice in the twenty-first century. The GPEP recommendations are relevant to both premedical and medica…

Physicians and Medicine in the Twenty-first Century - Medical School Education

The AAMC's GPEP report was a comprehensive document that dealt with all aspects of medical education. As far as the curriculum is concerned, some of the recommendations by the panel of experts were: Obviously, each medical school will interpret these guidelines for curriculum changes according to its own philosophy of education. This will add greater variability to the learning experiences …

Physicians and Medicine in the Twenty-first Century - Medical Students

Physicians and Medicine in the Twenty-first Century - Medical Practice

The changes in the overall health care scene that are taking place will have a profound impact on prospective medical students who will be the practitioners of the twenty-first century. These changes will be reflected in the three areas discussed separately below. Today, the depersonalization of medical care due to the interference of administrative personnel has had a dehumanizing effect upon pat…

Physicians and Medicine in the Twenty-first Century - Specialists Versus Primary Care Physicians

In the course of the past half century, the number of specialists has increased dramatically. At the same time, the number of primary care physicians (general practitioners or family physicians) has declined substantially. As noted above, primary care is becoming especially important as the health care system is being revamped. Because of the over-abundance of specialists, it is believed that heal…

Physicians and Medicine in the Twenty-first Century - Medical Litigation Crisis

Physicians and Medicine in the Twenty-first Century - Cybermedicine

The Internet is a conglomerate of computer networks that encircles the world. As of a few years ago there were upwards of 50,000 networks with about 10 million computers serving approximately 150 million users. The Internet or “information superhighway” is a spin-off from a project that was initiated in 1969 linking the computers of the government's military research centers t…

Physicians and Medicine in the Twenty-first Century - Medical Informatics

Access to medical information by computer is constantly increasing. To facilitate the orderly acquisition of such data, the field of medical informatics, the application of information technology to medicine, has emerged. Medical Informatics is a new developing discipline that is geared to play a role in the critical realm of decision support. This involves helping physicians obtain the essential …