Latimer E J, Deakin A, Ingram C, O'Brien L, Smoke M, Wishart L
Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University.
CMAJ. 1999 Sep 21;161(6):729-31.
Although it is desirable that students in the health sciences be educated together to prepare them for interdisciplinary practice, many educational programs remain discipline specific. An undergraduate course in palliative care, originally designed for medical students at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont., was expanded in 1993 to include students from various health sciences programs in the region. The course introduces students to the components of palliative care and its interdisciplinary nature in a problem-based way and directs students to additional educational resources. The authors describe the planning, content and evaluation of the course material. The observed decline in attendance by medical students, which coincided with the introduction of the interdisciplinary format, warrants further investigation. Future directions of the course are discussed.
尽管希望健康科学专业的学生一起接受教育,为跨学科实践做好准备,但许多教育项目仍然是针对特定学科的。安大略省汉密尔顿市麦克马斯特大学最初为医学生设计的一门姑息治疗本科课程,于1993年进行了扩展,纳入了该地区各个健康科学项目的学生。该课程以基于问题的方式向学生介绍姑息治疗的组成部分及其跨学科性质,并引导学生获取更多教育资源。作者描述了课程材料的规划、内容和评估。医学生出勤率的下降与跨学科形式的引入同时出现,这一现象值得进一步研究。文中还讨论了该课程未来的发展方向。