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"Our basic philosophy of medical education must be directed not toward creating a neurosurgeon, a family practitioner, a cardiologist, or a general pediatrician but toward creating an undifferentiated 'stem cell' physician who is so well prepared that he or she is fully capable of taking any career path after medical school. Every indication is that our goal is being met. The new curriculum is preparing students for the demands and responsibilities of a new era of medicine, science, and medical arts." -- from the Foreword, by Michael M. E. Johns, M.D.

The curriculum taught in many U.S. medical schools today has been altered little since 1910. Now, spurred in part by the recent sweeping changes in health care delivery, medical schools are re-evaluating their curricula. The goal is to develop a program of medical education that not only reflects the latest scientific advances but also prepares physicians in the fields and specialties society now needs.

This book provides an extensive description of the process and outcome of developing a completely new curriculum at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The book is organized around the subjects and courses taught: basic sciences, physician and society, medical informatics, and clinical medicine. Chapters also consider evaluation and reform of the curriculum. The contributors, Johns Hopkins faculty members who participated in developing the components of the curriculum, discuss differences between the old and new courses and programs, reasons for the changes, and the process used to plan and implement them. Throughout, the material is presented in a way that permits easy generalization and adaptation to other medical schools.

Contributors: Catherine D. De Angelis, M.D. • Diane M. Becker, Sc.D. • Gert H. Brieger, M.D., Ph.D. • Leon Gordis, M.D. • H. Franklin Herlong, M.D. • K. Joseph Hurt • Michael M. E. Johns, M.D. • Langford Kidd, M.D., F.R.C.P. • Michael J. Klag, M.D. • Harold P. Lehmann, M.D., Ph.D. • Nancy Ryan Lowitt, M.D., Ed.M. • Lucy A. Mead, Sc.M. • Thomas D. Pollard, M.D. • Henry M. Seidel, M.D. • John H. Shatzer Jr., Ph.D. • Patricia A. Thomas, M.D., F.A.C.P. • Victor Velculescu • Charles M. Wiener, M.D.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1572598 in Books
• Published on: 2000-03-27
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 264 pages

Book Info
Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD. Describes how Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine changed its curriculum from a very traditional, faculty-oriented model to a student-oriented model based on adult learning strategies. Topics include a history of undergraduate medical education, the process of the change, how courses changed, computer-based education, and more. For educators.

About the Author

Catherine D. De Angelis, M.D., a professor of pediatrics and the vice dean for Academic Affairs and Faculty at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, is editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Her previous books include Principles and Practice of Pediatrics and An Introduction to Clinical Research.

Customer Reviews

awesome
this book is greatness, an epic tale of THE best medical school in the world. Hopkins is so amazing, I never knew there was one place where so much medical progress was being made. Hopkins is, bar none, the greatest place to train as a doctor in the world.

A revolutionary curriculum from a revolutionary med school!
This book focuses on the the story that led the best medical school in the united states (arguably, in the world), to gradually change its curriculum to serve an ever changing world from a teacher-oriented method to a completely student-oriented method. A must to read for any administrator of a medical school. Makes me wish I had gone to Medical School at Johns Hopkins...