Olson S W
Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, D.C.
Acad Med. 1992 Nov;67(11):783-4. doi: 10.1097/00001888-199211000-00017.
The author reviews the history and philosophy of combined-degree programs and summarizes research on the performances of students in these programs. He notes that about one-fifth of U.S. medical schools offer programs that integrate premedical and medical school studies and lead to the award of both an undergraduate and an M.D. degree in six to eight years. The students in these programs perform as well as students electing traditional programs, if not better. The author concludes that university-affiliated medical schools might well consider establishing combined-degree programs as a means of (1) achieving better integration of the premedical and medical curricula and (2) allowing greater access to combined-degree programs for students mature enough early on to select careers in medicine.
作者回顾了联合学位项目的历史和理念，并总结了关于这些项目中学生表现的研究。他指出，约五分之一的美国医学院提供将医学预科和医学院学习相结合的项目，这些项目能在六至八年内授予本科学位和医学博士学位。这些项目中的学生表现与选择传统项目的学生相当，甚至可能更好。作者得出结论，大学附属医学院很可能应考虑设立联合学位项目，以此作为一种手段：（1）实现医学预科和医学课程更好的整合；（2）让足够成熟、能早早选择医学职业的学生有更多机会参与联合学位项目。
