Coe R M, Pepper M, Mattis M
J Med Educ. 1977 Feb;52(2):89-98.
In this paper the authors examine some evidence concerning admission of a "new" type of student to medical school. Such students have been described as more socially concerned and committed to reform of the health care system than students of the 1950s. The hypothesis was that the new type of student was a temporary phenomenon, influenced by transitory sociopolitical events which had little impact on the institutionalized processes of medical education. Data consisted of responses to selected attitude statements by successive entering classes of medical students in one school of medicine from 1970 to 1975. Data were collected a second time from graduating seniors in 1974 and 1975 (entering classes of 1970 and 1971). The same information was collected from physician preceptors in 1975. Results suggest partial support for the hypothesis of decreasing liberalism among entering freshman after 1973, increasing conservatism among graduating seniors, and a high level of conservatism among physicians. Some exceptions to these trends are noted.
在本文中，作者研究了一些关于医学院录取“新型”学生的证据。这类学生被描述为比20世纪50年代的学生更关注社会且致力于医疗保健系统的改革。假设是这种新型学生是一种暂时现象，受短暂的社会政治事件影响，而这些事件对医学教育的制度化进程影响甚微。数据包括一所医学院1970年至1975年连续几届入学医学生对选定态度陈述的回答。1974年和1975年又从即将毕业的大四学生（1970年和1971年入学班级）那里收集了数据。1975年从医师带教老师那里收集了相同信息。结果表明，部分支持以下假设：1973年后入学新生的自由主义倾向下降，即将毕业的大四学生的保守主义倾向增加，以及医师中的保守主义程度较高。文中指出了这些趋势的一些例外情况。
