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Turmoil in Medical Education: Peking, Paris, and Points West

1969; American College of Physicians; Volume: 70; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.7326/0003-4819-70-1-225

1539-3704

E. J. H.,

Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices

Editorials1 January 1969Turmoil in Medical Education: Peking, Paris, and Points WestE. J. H.E. J. H.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-70-1-225 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptBloody heads, greasy mops of hair, volleys of cobblestones, obscenities on classroom walls, sit-ins, and firebombs have made clear to the physician who has time to read his daily paper that students around the world are in turmoil. Yet this turbulent scene is not what some simple-minded observers believe it to be—a masterminded, cohesive army of anarchists. The disquiet and agitation of students is spurred by differing pressures and events in each site of upheaval. In Paris the target is an anachronistic system of education (1), staffed by rigid hierarchies, tightly held by central control, and packed into inadequate buildings....References1. SAMUELSON RJ: L'université est morte, vive l'université. Science 162: 240, 1968. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. CiantarGuillermay MJ An interview []. Trying to comprehend the incomprehensible. Two experts explain China's cultural revolution. The New York Times Magazine, November 17 1968. Google Scholar3. CHANGYANGTU TTJ: How we have struggled against unstable diabetes mellitus in the light of Mao-Tse-Tung's thought. China's Medicine 7: 400, 1968. Google Scholar4. : Thoroughly criticize and repudiate the eight-year medical education program pushed by China's Krushchov. China's Medicine 3: 164, 1968. MedlineGoogle Scholar5. Livre blanc de la réforme. Semaine des Hopitaux Informations, p. 5 [supplément à La Semaine des Hopitaux, no. 29, June 14, 1968]. Google Scholar6. ANDERSON RH: Soviet physicians said to lack bedside manner. The New York Times, September 8 1968. Google Scholar7. SIMPSONMATTHEWS MAT: Report on Medical Education, 1968, British Medical Students' Association, British Medical Association House, London, 1968. Google Scholar8. Student participation (leading article). Brit-Med. J. 2: 693, 1968. Google Scholar9. COPPOLAGONNELLA EDJS: A nondirective approach to clinical instruction in medical school. JAMA 205: 487, 1968. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. Principal Recommendations of the Workshop on Medical School Curriculum, Association of American Medical Colleges, November 4, 1968, Houston, Tex. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byOn The Making and Use of PhysiciansJ. R. E. 1 January 1969Volume 70, Issue 1Page: 225-228KeywordsMedical education ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1969 PDF downloadLoading ...