What is it about?
On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the journal, Medical Teacher, this is a summary of the evolution of the young field of medical education research, together with an introductory proposal for using "edumarkers" as a quick indicator of the evolution of key ideas over time. In this article I clarify the late arrival of serious study of the medical education process and identify some of the central issues that remain, if we are to emerge as a serious domain of scholarly work.
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Why is it important?
The nature and the quality of the education of medical doctors is vital in shaping the direction of healthcare for the general population. It should be surprising and concerning that almost no systematic attention was given to understanding this process until relatively recently. In this paper I document this late arrival of serious study of medical education, together with the currently growing expansion of this domain of scholarship. Without such investigations we can't make meaningful improvements in our preparation of those professionals on whose judgment and priorities most of us depend for maintaining and recovering our health.
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I've used the occasion of an historical milestone in the history of medical education as a reason to prepare this most autobiographical of my writings. I am the only one still living and working from the group in the 1950s that appear to have originated the process of helping prepare medical educators for their instructional responsibilities. While looking back in this way, I've sought to clarify the importance of the current emergence of widespread, growing attention to studying medical education. Having had the great good fortune to have been in several right places at multiple points in my long career, I've summarized and somewhat analyzed my personal perspective on the encouraging progress we've made in this young field, with some clarification of where we still need to go.
Hilliard Jason
iMedtrust and University of Colorado Denver-Health Sciences Center
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This page is a summary of: Celebrating 40 years of Medical Teacher: As the “last man standing” I look back to help us look forward, Medical Teacher, January 2018, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/0142159x.2018.1425383.
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