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Medical education : past, present, and future : handing on learning

Examines the various upheavals in medical education. This book was highly commended at the BMA Awards 2007.
Print Book, English, 2007
Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh, 2007
History
xiii, 543 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780443074738, 0443074739
64263538
pt. 1. The past
1. Introduction
2. Ancient medicine : the beginnings of the art
3. Arabian medicine and the rise of the universities
4. Renaissance and reformation : books, bodies, blood and branding irons
5. Knowledge begins to grow : the 18th century
6. Resistance and reform : the 19th century
7. Bridging the centuries : America leads the way
8. The educational revolution : the 20th century
9. Even more change : the last 15 years, 1990-2006
pt. 2. The present
10. The themes
11. The aim of medicine : the roles and boundaries of the profession
12. The quest for competence : defining the professional
13. The selection of medical students
14. Learning and teaching in medicine
15. Beyond learning
pt. 3. The future
16. Conclusions