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T L Leaman

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PubMed1979

Predoctoral education in family medicine: a ten-year perspective.

The educational goals chosen by teachers of family medicine for predoctoral students a decade ago differ substantially from the present goals. The original goals were to increase the number of family physicians, provide them with the basic knowledge and skills to practice, integrate the concepts of family medicine into the total medical school curriculum, and develop the "attitudes and ideals" of the good family physician. A series of basic learning principles were evolved to attain these goals. These included: teach in a practice setting, focus on persons rather than disease processes, use a team approach to teaching, involve students in the planning and evaluation process, and recognize curriculum development as a dynamic process. The present curriculum has an increased emphasis on clinical skills in family practice and on integration of behavioral science; there is a new emphasis on the role of the physician in the community and a better understanding of health care systems. Future directions for family medicine include increasing the emphasis on interpersonal communications, clinical synthesis, and clinical assessment.

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PubMed1975

A predoctoral curriculum in family medicine.

Development of a new discipline, such as family medicine, requires careful definition of scope and purpose. This must be followed by delineation of specific education objectives. The teaching program is often carried out by people experienced as clinicans but not as teachers and requires selection of methods most natural to this kind of faculty. This article describes the current stage of curricular development at the institution with the longest experience in predoctoral family medicine in the United States. Based on seven years' experimentation, this paper provides an overview of the philosophy behind this particular curriculum and describes, in brief, four educational methods which have proven useful. These methods will be discussed in greater detail in subsequent articles focusing on specific educational objectives, illustrative examples, and evaluative methods.

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