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- Title
GENERAL EDUCATION IN RELATION TO PREMEDICAL EDUCATION.
- Authors
Fisher, John J.
- Abstract
This article focuses on the importance of general education for paramedical students. Generally, the study of medicine overemphasizes the natural sciences at the expense of the humanities and the social studies. A study of 52 liberal-arts colleges shows that 53% of the three year program is devoted to the natural sciences. Thus the prospective physician may not receive a knowledge of some common facts, related to everyday life. A general knowledge of culture and social life helps in the development of overall personality. It is not possible to include all these things in medical school curriculum which is already crowded. Therefore, this type of educational experience must be offered in the undergraduate preparation, required for entrance to medical schools. Inclusion of social studies and humanities in preparation courses would tend to make the student more conscious of his needs in those fields. He is more likely to understand the needs and problems of the society.
- Subjects
PREMEDICAL education; MEDICAL school entrance requirements; PREMEDICAL students; GENERAL education; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL programs; PERSONALITY development; SOCIAL sciences; CULTURE
- Publication
Science Education, 1950, Vol 34, Issue 2, p126
- ISSN
0036-8326
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/sce.3730340214