Focal problem teaching in medical education.
Focal problem teaching in medical education.
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医学教育中的焦点问题教学.
DOI:
10.1097/00001888-197306000-00005
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发表时间:
1973
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通讯作者:
J. M. Jones
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作者:
P. Ways;G. Loftus;J. M. Jones
This article describes an innovative method of teaching and learning in medical cducation, the Focal Problem Teaching Method, which provides a natural intro-duction to clinical experience. This format directly simulates the problem-solving character of medical practice in order to explicitly cultivate the skills of mcdical problem-solving while simultaneously providing a realistic context for transmitting relevant information and concepts. It is neither discipline-centered nor organ-system based but rather organized around problems which face the medical practitioner. It employs a small-group learning format which provides the opportunity to develop skills of communication, interaction, self-and peer-evaluation. Faculty develop specific objectives for each problem, plan and supervise the discussion of problems, and arrange appropriate study materials. Evaluation of student performance and program through test problems provides data on ability to perform in the clinical or practice setting.The goal and responsibility of medical education is to prepare students to practice nedicine. An important learning principle—the educational setting should be as closc as possiblc to the setting in which learning is to be used—is best applied in medical education by a format which simulates the important characteristics of the reality setting and closely approximates the types of circumstances and content encountcred by medical professionals (l).