Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tennessee Medical Center Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee.
Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol. 2019 Aug;31(4):279-284. doi: 10.1097/GCO.0000000000000546.
We seek to define the Millennial generation and identify strengths that can be employed to improve medical and surgical education and career development. We outline how generational traits can be incorporated into adult learning theory, offer suggestions for modernizing traditional teaching and mentorship models, and discuss why Millennials are ideally positioned to succeed in 21st century medicine.
Millennials (born ∼1981 to 1996) have several consistently identified traits that should be considered when teaching trainees and mentoring junior faculty. Millennials are technologically savvy, accustomed to accessing and assimilating large amounts of information quickly, using the electronic medical record with ease, and learning from a variety of media sources. They learn better with alternatives to traditional lectures, and respond well when given discrete goals, encouragement, and direct feedback early and often. Millennials prefer team-based learning and a flat hierarchy. Millennials are socially responsible, culturally diverse, and strive to promote diversity and work-life integration.
Although the individuals that make up the Millennial generation may not encompass each attribute associated with this cohort, collectively, this generation of physicians is positioned to usher medicine into a new era.
我们旨在定义千禧一代，并确定可以用于改进医学和外科教育及职业发展的优势。我们概述了如何将世代特征纳入成人学习理论，为使传统教学和指导模式现代化提供建议，并讨论为什么千禧一代在 21 世纪的医学中最有希望取得成功。
千禧一代（出生于 1981 年至 1996 年）具有一些始终被确定的特征，在培训学员和指导初级教员时应考虑这些特征。千禧一代精通技术，习惯于快速获取和整合大量信息，轻松使用电子病历，并从各种媒体来源学习。他们通过传统讲座以外的方式学习效果更好，并且当及早和经常得到明确的目标、鼓励和直接反馈时，他们的反应良好。千禧一代更喜欢团队学习和平等的层级结构。千禧一代具有社会责任感，文化多元化，并努力促进多样性和工作与生活的融合。
尽管构成千禧一代的个体可能不具备与这一代人相关的每个属性，但这一代医生总体上有望引领医学进入一个新时代。
