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Many American universities now support combined premedical-medical programmes which shorten and integrate the education of doctors. This paper reviews combined baccalaureate-MD programmes at four institutions: Boston University, the City College of New York, The University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and the University of Missouri-Kansas City. In comparison to most US medical schools, the combined programmes have admitted and educated larger portions of women students. In addition, some have had large proportions of graduates choosing primary-care careers.
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Curriculum , Education, Medical, Undergraduate , Education, Premedical , Boston , Career Choice , Female , Humans , Male , Michigan , Missouri , New York City , Primary Health Care , Sex Ratio , WorkforceABSTRACT
From an interdisciplinary perspective, this paper has explored the role of the humanities, social sciences, and natural and physical sciences in the preparation of physicians. To become an effective practitioner, a student must acquire both conceptual (theoretical) and sensuous (experiential) knowledge. The humanities provide the student with a uniquely rich opportunity to gain sensuous knowledge. The social sciences assist the medical student to gain conceptual and experiential knowledge, especially in the realm of understanding the self and in identifying similarities and differences between individuals, groups, and entire communities. The natural and physical sciences assist the student of the medical sciences in developing the conceptual knowledge needed to understand how the human body works and what causes disease. Beyond that, however, the sciences can help a medical student to develop reasoning power, sharpen problem-solving abilities, and realize how scientific knowledge influences his/her own personal world view. Finally, the sciences provide the conceptual and methodological tools that enable a medical student to serve others.
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Curriculum , Education, Medical , Education, Premedical , Humanities , Physician-Patient Relations , Science , Social SciencesSubject(s)
Educational Measurement , Students, Medical , Achievement , Female , Humans , Male , Minority Groups , Schools, Medical , Sex FactorsABSTRACT
The effect of several LPSs on the thymidine uptake of lymphocytes from patients with RA was investigated. In contrast to normal controls, the mitogenic response to E. coli 026 B6 LPS by lymphocytes from patients with RA was significantly (2p less than 0.05) diminished. This effect was seen with Con A but not with PHA or PWM. No correlation with peripheral B or T cell percentages or with antibody titers to the LPS was found. The response to LPS was dependent on the species and strain of bacterium from which it was isolated.
