Medical Curriculum Reform in North America, 1765 to the Present: A Cognitive Science Perspective

Identifies and characterizes five major curricular-reform movements in North American medical education since 1765: the apprenticeship-based model; a discipline-based model; the organ-system-based model; the problem-based model; and a clinical-presentation model. Discusses principles and practices a...

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Published inAcademic medicine Vol. 74; no. 2; p. 154
Main Authors Papa, Frank J, Harasym, Peter H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.02.1999
Subjects
Allied Health Occupations Education
Apprenticeships
Clinical Experience
Cognitive Psychology
Comparative Analysis
Curriculum - trends
Curriculum Design
Curriculum Development
Education, Medical, Undergraduate - history
Education, Medical, Undergraduate - trends
Educational Change
Educational History
Higher Education
History, 18th Century
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
Humans
Intellectual Disciplines
Medical Education
North America
Problem Centered Curriculum
Problem Solving
Problem-Based Learning - history
Problem-Based Learning - trends
Professional Education
North America
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Summary:Identifies and characterizes five major curricular-reform movements in North American medical education since 1765: the apprenticeship-based model; a discipline-based model; the organ-system-based model; the problem-based model; and a clinical-presentation model. Discusses principles and practices and disadvantages and advantages of each. (MSE)
ISSN:1040-2446
DOI:10.1097/00001888-199902000-00015