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The Making of a Doctor R. S. Downie

The Making of a Doctor By R. S. Downie

The Making of a Doctor by R. S. Downie


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Summary

Suggesting that the changes required in medical education can be achieved by building on existing excellences and without additional expenditure, this book depicts medical training as a lifelong practice, and highlights the place of education in that process.

The Making of a Doctor Summary

The Making of a Doctor: Medical Education in Theory and Practice by R. S. Downie

Medical education is nowadays under intense scrutiny from the government and the general public. Doctors are now expected to be not just technically competent, but also wise, humane and financially accountable. This book suggests that the changes required in medical education can be achieved by building on existing excellences and without additional expenditure. It takes a broad perspective in order to examine the moral, philosophical and historical underpinnings of medical education, and includes a selection of ideas for change and improvement with the objective throughout being the suggestion that it is both desirable and possible to put education back into medical training. This book is intended for medical students, clinicians, general practitioners and specialists, health-care professionals and educationalists.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Theory: stating the problem; gentlemen, tradesmen and technicians - a brief history of medical education; aims and aptitudes - what is the doctor good at?; education, training and ethos. Part 2 Practice: selection for medicine; the pre-clinical curriculum - biological sciences, social sciences and humanities; basic clinical education; the pre-registration year; continuing medical education; the contribution of general practice. Part 3 Challenges: consumers and patients; clinical freedom and a mind of one's own; strategies for change.

Additional information

GOR006972051
9780192621368
019262136X
The Making of a Doctor: Medical Education in Theory and Practice by R. S. Downie
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Oxford University Press
19921001
215
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