Ozuah Philip O
Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, New York, USA.
BMC Med Educ. 2002 Jul 30;2:8. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-2-8.
There is considerable uncertainty about the future of undergraduate medical education in the face of several important challenges. This paper highlights many of the complexities of the challenges facing medical school leadership today.
A major challenge facing medical education in the United States is the erosion of the clinical environment, the loss of clinical revenues and all its attendant consequences, including pressures for increased faculty productivity in an environment that is increasingly managed. These pressures have squeezed the time for teaching out of the system. Another challenge is how to incorporate all the new and emergent domains of knowledge into the existing curriculum. There is also a need to incorporate technological advancements into the delivery of teaching.
Undergraduate medical education in the United States must respond to a multitude of challenges if it is to remain vibrant in the 21st century.
面对若干重大挑战,本科医学教育的未来存在相当大的不确定性。本文着重阐述了当今医学院领导所面临挑战的诸多复杂性。
美国医学教育面临的一个主要挑战是临床环境的恶化、临床收入的损失及其所有随之而来的后果,包括在日益受到管理的环境中提高教师生产力的压力。这些压力已经挤出了教学时间。另一个挑战是如何将所有新出现的知识领域纳入现有课程。还需要将技术进步融入教学过程。
美国的本科医学教育若要在21世纪保持活力,就必须应对众多挑战。