Cardinal Lucien, Kaell Alan
Department of Internal Medicine, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
John T. Mather Memorial Hospital, Port Jefferson, NY, USA.
J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect. 2017 Mar 31;7(1):58-60. doi: 10.1080/20009666.2017.1286815. eCollection 2017 Jan.
The authors describe the important role of medical schools and graduate medical education programs (residencies) in relationship to the advances in Medicine witnessed during the twentieth century; diagnosis, prognosis and treatment were revolutionized. This historical essay details the evolution of the education system and the successful struggle to introduce a uniform, science-based curriculum and bedside education. The result was successive generations of soundly educated physicians prepared with a broad knowledge in science, an understanding of laboratory methods and the ability to practice medicine at the bedside. These changes in medical education created a foundation for the advancement of medicine.
作者描述了医学院校和毕业后医学教育项目（住院医师培训）在20世纪医学进步中所起的重要作用；诊断、预后和治疗都发生了革命性变化。这篇历史文章详细介绍了教育体系的演变以及为引入统一的、基于科学的课程和床边教育而进行的成功努力。其结果是培养出了一代又一代受过良好教育的医生，他们具备广泛的科学知识、对实验室方法的理解以及在床边行医的能力。医学教育的这些变革为医学的进步奠定了基础。
