Doblin B, Korenman S
Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois.
Acad Med. 1992 Aug;67(8):539-41. doi: 10.1097/00001888-199208000-00013.
The authors examined the role of natural sciences in entering students' academic preparation for admission to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), School of Medicine by analyzing the college transcripts of 290 students in the classes of 1990 and 1995 to determine the breadth of the students' college course work. In addition, during 1990 the authors surveyed 126 full-time basic science and clinical faculty about their views regarding the optimal requirements for admission. The vast majority of the students' college courses had been in the natural sciences, with no significant change in this finding over the five-year period. Of the faculty surveyed, 97 (77%) responded, stating that the majority of prerequisites should be in the natural sciences; their prerequisites were similar to UCLA's 1991-92 admission requirements. The authors suggest that the persistently narrow focus on the natural sciences as a preparation for medical school may explain the nationwide need to instruct medical students in the humanities, and that perhaps it is time to require non-science courses to broaden the educational backgrounds of entering students.
作者通过分析1990级和1995级290名学生的大学成绩单，以确定学生大学课程的广度，从而研究自然科学在加州大学洛杉矶分校（UCLA）医学院入学学生学术准备中的作用。此外，1990年作者对126名全职基础科学和临床教师进行了调查，询问他们对入学最佳要求的看法。绝大多数学生的大学课程都集中在自然科学领域，这一结果在五年期间没有显著变化。在接受调查的教师中，97人（77%）回复称，大多数先决条件应该是自然科学课程；他们的先决条件与UCLA 1991 - 1992年的入学要求相似。作者认为，长期以来将自然科学作为医学院入学准备的狭隘关注点，可能解释了全国范围内需要对医学生进行人文教育的现象，也许现在是时候要求开设非科学课程以拓宽入学学生的教育背景了。
