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Changes In Medical Education
Aniquae Williams
Capella University
BHA- FPX4002: History of the United States Health Care System
Chanadra Whiting
August 27, 2023
Introduction
Medical Education is a learning process to help educate and train medical students into healthcare professionals. The overall goal is to prepare these individuals to obtain the latest scientific knowledge to assist with promoting good health and figuring out ways to cure or prevent diseases and alleviate any symptoms. For example, students will need to learn various scientific studies and receive proper training from a certified healthcare professional. They will also even be hands-on in a laboratory dissection study. In today's world, this is what the learning structure consists of, and has drastically changed over time from the past centuries. As most of this was not even implemented during the 1800s and early 2000s. Changing Scope of Medical Education
Medical Education in the 1800s, was nothing like it is today. Pre-med requisites or Residency did not exist and they considered Medical School a “Proprietary” since it was only based off financial gains, and not actually learning medicine or the science around it. These small businesses consisted of very little educational books, and just classroom lectures with no laboratory, very little training, and no utilization of (Technology The physician’s apprentice, n.d.)
. In fact, the quality of training depended on the instructor's personal encounters with treating patients. Which was no success and was completely unorthodox since millions of people were dying every day. Due to not having any forms of medical technology and laboratory studies in the U.S to assist with operations, research, or even finding a cure, it was hard to really get a visual understanding of medical science. Most individuals would relocate to Europe, to retain that knowledge and experience. Education today is more grounded and requires a lot of
classrooms and hands-on training time as well as more standardized state board exams have been implemented. They also developed Residencies, and specialty fellowship programs to make sure medical professionals know what they’re doing and understand the science and importance behind saving human life.
Changing Scope of Medical Education Continued..
Due to the creation and continuous development of Technology and its techniques, this advantage has helped with the medical education environment. It assists medical students with better improvement to their decision-making, and training skills. As well as it gives the ability to not only grasp the actual visualization of their medical specialty, but it assists students to be more practical and hands-on with procedures without risking harm to human patients. Some of these technology examples range from animated diagrams of training procedures that students can download on their phones, computers, and tablets to watch and listen to at any time or if they need a refresher. When virtual classes came about, it allowed more medical students to save time going into an actual class and they would still be able to receive the same classroom lectures as everyone else. When it comes to the analytics of medical science in today's world, Simulators, are becoming more utilized, to enhance a person's knowledge and decision-making as a healthcare professional. With the development of more algorithms, artificial intelligence, and leverage databases, this is to be helpful with future medical technology. Since the rise of various medical conditions, ranging from internal to physical illnesses, and the lack of medical education and requirements that was imposed into the 1800s, education now, is more mandated and requires a lot in order to save lives and learn the medical science and not just a quick “get rich” scheme in order to make money. Now, it is more mandated to go through various learning and
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training for many years to gain practical skills. The evolution of technology has made a very positive cultural change since it allows one to be able to learn more about medical education, and specialty skilled training, by best practicing virtually and digitally. It would be hard to pick which change made the most impact, as I do feel they both did.
Contrasting Apprenticeships Models The apprenticeship model in the 1800s, only consisted of book studies and riding horses with a preceptor as he made his medical rounds. Students also had to do all the practitioner’s hard work in exchange for any on-the-job training, and there was very little supervision with no set hours (The Physician’s Apprentice, n.d.)
. In the 1960s, the model reached a complete turning point. The apprenticeship consisted of working at a hospital facility for free, where they were hands-on with patients, and were trained by well-qualified, and board-certified practitioners but they were still somehow left on their own. In the early 2000s, this model entailed a 3-6 year training period of their specialty, where they would be under the supervision of a very well-
experienced and licensed physician. They would work long hours with very low pay. It prepared physicians, with the development of medical research, and advanced medical care. In today’s apprenticeship model, one has to have graduated from an accredited medical institution or be licensed or pre-licensed in order to attend an apprenticeship. They must work under the supervision of a licensed individual for 1-6 years of residency
(
Salsberg, E. 2000).
They will also work hands-on with patients until they meet the required hours and take another exam to become fully licensed instead of provisionally.
Contrasting Academic Model In the Academic Model in the 1800s, students were given a degree after two years of lecture attendance in seven “traditional” medical subjects. This didn’t consist of any dissection, laboratory work, or any hands-on training with patients. During the 1960s, this model was considered to be the “Peak Era of Experimental Medicine”, as new medical treatment were starting to arise. The only problem was, there was a shortage when it came to healthcare professionals such as physicians. In which they decided to foster a more integrational concept of medical education. This entailed combing a 3-year bachelor's degree with a 4-year medical degree and an internship to accelerate a student's ability to practice medicine sooner to help with the shortage of physicians it was called the “Baccalaureate-MD” program. They would focus their studies on Liberal Arts, Biotechnology, Humanities, Primary Care, Rural Health, Medical Curriculums, and many other required subjects (Drees & Omurtag, K. 2012)
. In the Early 2000s, their objective was to produce more physicians who aim to promote the overall health of people. An individual needed to complete 8 years of post-secondary medical education, that entailed four years of college, and four years in medical school. Resident hours are required with a minimum of 24 hours and up to 80 consecutive hours per week with pay. Now today, some institutions are starting to adopt a more 3-year medical accelerated program instead of four in order to help an individual who would like to graduate early. This would consist of classroom lectures and training in a hospital in the same year. Medical students can join class in person or online. These lectures, have a broad span of various scientific courses and research that ranges
from health education such as bioscience, homosexuality, psychology, mathematics, and statistics, the development behind certain diseases, and disorders to name a few.
Comparison of Both Models
The comparisons of both models presents a deliverable scientific study. Since it provides a very high diverse interest when it comes to development, knowledge, and authentic research. It can help achieve certain outcomes with gradual learning. They both consist of a considerable sizeable group of students so each one can retain the proper skill base and knowledge for their profession. Students can also utilize more of the actual science of human life in both models. That is a big help when it comes to practicing medicine on their own and presenting their skills. They both help when it comes to educating, being hands-on, and providing such a broad skill- base.
Analysis of Evolution and Impact
When it comes to the analysis of evolution and its impact on the apprenticeship and academic model, it has helped to shape and mold our medical providers into the professionals that they are today. It has also provided institutions and the government to see “where it needs fixing” with medical learning to keep up with the evolution and innovation of science and overall medical education. As we know, to be a highly skilled professional in the healthcare industry, you have to visually and physically learn in order to adhere to the highest standards and expertise. These models should continuously be a standardized practice when it comes to medical education. It gives students the background and history of the healthcare system as well as science. It balances out the profession very easily and is exquisite with the continuous
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development of medicine, and science-technology. As well as the most important part, which is to continue to save lives. Importance of Understanding the History of Medicine
It’s very important to learn and understand the history and education of medicine because it gives valuable insight. Such as, when, where, and how certain diseases, and conditions were studied, to assist with the evolution of how we should be looking at the causes of this and figure out ways to backtrack and adjust to where it’s needed in the future. This could benefit a lot when needing to possibly come up with a cure or prevent an infectious disease. Overall, I do feel it helps to understand humanization and seeking our place in this world. The development of curiosity, and the expansion of our knowledge within medical education, have assisted a lot when it comes to transformation and reconstruction.
Conclusion
Medical education has evolved tremendously from the past century to the present. Although there have been many challenges with the learning and training of medical education, it gave us the opportunity for trial and error, and to figure out a way to make it better. The more we continue our study on how medical education should be viewed and implemented, the more we’re able to use best practices with scientific knowledge, training, and technology. These strategies will always be a great assistant when it comes to human life. To have the best medical professionals, they need to be provided with the best education and training.
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