van Gijn J
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 1998 Jan 3;142(1):1-3.
Medical curricula are being overhauled at increasingly short intervals. Fashion is one of the driving forces behind the changes, sometimes at the expense of reason. There is no scientific proof that one type of curriculum produces better doctors than an other. A caring and humanistic attitude in physicians is probably less dependent on specific training than on innate personality traits and the example of role models. The Dutch Journal of Medicine is launching two initiatives intended to contribute to the education of medical students: an almost free subscription is offered after the first year, and a (quarterly) student edition will appear from 1998.
医学课程每隔越来越短的时间就会进行一次改革。潮流是这些变革背后的驱动力之一，有时甚至是以牺牲理性为代价。没有科学证据表明一种课程体系能培养出比另一种更好的医生。医生的关怀和人文态度可能与其说是依赖于特定培训，不如说是依赖于天生的个性特质和榜样的示范作用。《荷兰医学杂志》正在发起两项旨在促进医学生教育的倡议：第一年之后提供几乎免费的订阅服务，并且从1998年起将推出（季刊）学生版。
