Kase Nathan, Muller David
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Bone Disease, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA.
Pharos Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Med Soc. 2012 Winter;75(1):32-40.
As the HHMI-AAMC declared, their report should be taken as a "first step in a continuing conversation about the appropriate skills and knowledge," and, echoing the ACGME and GPEP, "values and attitudes that future physicians should possess." (9pExecSum) As a new formulation evolves, the premedical curriculum must foster "scholastic vigor, analytic thinking, quantitative assessment and analysis of complex systems." (9pExecSum) Based on the Mount Sinai experience, these qualities are not engendered solely nor confined to engagement in natural sciences. Students involved in a variety of baccalaureate liberal arts endeavors appear to acquire similar intellectual competencies. Furthermore, when performed successfully in challenging collegiate environments, a thorough liberal arts education may yield precisely the same values, attitudes, and behavioral characteristics all agree are essential to the medical profession and preparing physicians for the twenty-first century.
正如霍华德·休斯医学研究所-美国医学协会（HHMI-AAMC）所宣称的那样，他们的报告应被视为“关于适当技能和知识的持续对话中的第一步”，并且，与毕业后医学教育认证委员会（ACGME）和研究生医学教育项目（GPEP）相呼应，“也是关于未来医生应具备的价值观和态度的第一步”。（9页执行摘要）随着新的课程设置不断发展，医学预科课程必须培养“学术活力、分析性思维、对复杂系统的定量评估和分析”。（9页执行摘要）基于西奈山医学院的经验，这些品质并非仅由自然科学学科培养产生，也不限于自然科学学科。参与各种学士学位文科课程学习的学生似乎也能获得类似的智力能力。此外，在具有挑战性的大学环境中成功完成学业时，全面的文科教育可能会培养出完全相同的价值观、态度和行为特征，而所有人都认同这些对于医学专业以及为21世纪培养医生至关重要。
