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OBJECTIVES OF MEDICAL EDUCATION

OBJECTIVES OF MEDICAL EDUCATION TO me the ultimate objective of medical education is to assure the American people of the best possible medical care. To do this means (1) to carefully select and then to educate properly oriented, intelligent young people in the knowledge now available and to stimulate them to want to know more; (2) to continuously advance our knowledge of the prevention, cause, and treatment of disease; and (3) to train those we educate to apply what we now know to the sick patient and to develop incentives and methods of acquiring and applying new knowledge as it is developed. If our basic objective is to care for the health of our citizens, experience in the actual care of the sick is an essential part of our educational program. We can assume that our medical schools equip their graduates with all of the scientific and theorectical knowledge that we currently possess. But http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

OBJECTIVES OF MEDICAL EDUCATION

JAMA , Volume 173 (12) – Jul 23, 1960

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American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1960 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
ISSN
0098-7484
eISSN
1538-3598
DOI
10.1001/jama.1960.03020300001001
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Abstract

TO me the ultimate objective of medical education is to assure the American people of the best possible medical care. To do this means (1) to carefully select and then to educate properly oriented, intelligent young people in the knowledge now available and to stimulate them to want to know more; (2) to continuously advance our knowledge of the prevention, cause, and treatment of disease; and (3) to train those we educate to apply what we now know to the sick patient and to develop incentives and methods of acquiring and applying new knowledge as it is developed. If our basic objective is to care for the health of our citizens, experience in the actual care of the sick is an essential part of our educational program. We can assume that our medical schools equip their graduates with all of the scientific and theorectical knowledge that we currently possess. But

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JAMAAmerican Medical Association

Published: Jul 23, 1960

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