Scholarly Concentrations Program, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA.
Acad Med. 2010 Mar;85(3):409-18. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181cd3e00.
Many medical curricula now include programs that provide students with opportunities for scholarship beyond that provided by their traditional, core curricula. These scholarly concentration (SC) programs vary greatly in focus and structure, but they share the goal of producing physicians with improved analytic, creative, and critical-thinking skills. In this article, the authors explore models of both required and elective SC programs. They gathered information through a review of medical school Web sites and direct contact with representatives of individual programs. Additionally, they discuss in-depth the SC programs of the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University; the University of South Florida College of Medicine; the University of California, San Francisco; and Stanford University School of Medicine. The authors describe each program's focus, participation, duration, centralization, capstone requirement, faculty involvement, and areas of concentration. Established to address a variety of challenges in the U.S. medical education system, these four programs provide an array of possible models for schools that are considering the establishment of an SC program. Although data on the impact of SC programs are lacking, the authors believe that this type of program has the potential to significantly impact the education of medical students through scholarly, in-depth inquiry and longitudinal faculty mentorship.
现在，许多医学课程都包括为学生提供传统核心课程以外的学术机会的项目。这些学术集中（SC）项目在重点和结构上差异很大，但它们都有一个共同的目标，就是培养出具有分析、创造和批判性思维能力提高的医生。在本文中，作者探讨了必修和选修 SC 项目的模式。他们通过查阅医学院校网站和直接联系各个项目的代表来收集信息。此外，他们还深入讨论了布朗大学沃伦·阿尔珀特医学院、南佛罗里达大学医学院、加州大学旧金山分校和斯坦福大学医学院的 SC 项目。作者描述了每个项目的重点、参与度、持续时间、集中化程度、顶点要求、教师参与度和集中领域。这四个项目是为应对美国医学教育系统中的各种挑战而设立的，为正在考虑设立 SC 项目的学校提供了一系列可能的模式。尽管缺乏关于 SC 项目影响的数据，但作者认为，这种类型的项目有可能通过学术性、深入的探究和纵向的教师指导，对医学生的教育产生重大影响。
