Blackman Helen J
Centre for Medical History, Exeter University, Exeter, UK.
Med Educ. 2006 Mar;40(3):219-26. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2006.02395.x.
The teaching of anatomy remains controversial to the present day. This paper explores the arguments over its merits in medical and scientific education at one of the ancient universities.
Medical professors at Cambridge University relied upon the science departments to provide basic scientific instruction, whilst science professors relied upon medical students to make up numbers for their courses.
Human anatomy became a source of contention: did it really educate the mind, or was it simply a dry subject that medical students had to learn by rote? Could the university even cater for professional education?
时至今日,解剖学教学仍存在争议。本文探讨了在一所古老大学中关于解剖学在医学和科学教育中的价值的争论。
剑桥大学的医学教授依靠科学系提供基础科学教学,而科学教授则依靠医学生来凑齐他们课程的人数。
人体解剖学成为了一个争论点:它真的能启迪思维,还是仅仅是一门医学生必须死记硬背的枯燥学科?大学甚至能否提供专业教育?