The Conference on Scientific Foundations of Future Physicians: How do physics departments respond?

改革科学导论课程的呼声来自国家研究委员会的Bio2010报告、美国医学院协会、霍华德休斯医学研究所和未来医生科学基金会。学生在进入医学院时应该具备的一套明确的能力已经明确了。这些能力预计将取代目前一套明确的入门课程的医学预科要求，并推动即将进行的MCAT考试M5修订。长期以来，物理入门课程为学生提供了第一次接触模型驱动的自然世界的机会，并且经常是学生在大学阶段学习的第一门科学课程。很少有物理系准备好应对这种不断变化的课程格局。生命科学物理学导论（IPLS）项目汇集了来自各种学院和大学类型的教师，已经开始实施改革的教师，以及来自生命和医学科学的教师，以初步了解已知的和需要做的事情。研讨会将建立一个框架，开始对物理入门课程进行急需的改革，提醒全国的物理系需要对话，并为对话提供一个平台。

PHYSICS (13)Calls to reform the introductory science curriculum have come from the National Research Council's Bio2010 report, Association of American Medical Colleges, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Scientific Foundations for Future Physicians. A well defined set of competencies that students should possess when they enter medical school have been articulated. These competencies are expected to replace the current premed requirements for a defined set of introductory courses and to drive the upcoming M5 revision of the MCAT exam. Introductory physics courses have long provided students with their first exposure to a model-driven view of the natural world, and are frequently the first science course a student takes at the college level. Few physics departments are prepared to address this changing curricular landscape. The Introductory Physics for the Life Science (IPLS) project is bringing together faculty from a variety of college and university types, faculty who have begun to implement reforms, and faculty from the life and medical sciences, to generate an initial understanding of what is known and what needs to be done. The workshop will set in place a framework to begin a much-needed reform of introductory physics courses, to alert physics departments nationwide for the need for dialog, and to provide a platform for that dialog.