The Use of Medical Cognition in Medical Curriculum Reform in Taiwan
Medical cognition studies have generated a great deal of knowledge that can be used to improve the quality of medical education. This review summarizes medical cognition research, the trends in medical education, and how the results of cognitive research can be applied to medical curriculum reform i...
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| description | Medical cognition studies have generated a great deal of knowledge that can be used to improve the quality of medical education. This review summarizes medical cognition research, the trends in medical education, and how the results of cognitive research can be applied to medical curriculum reform in Taiwan. The current trend in medical education is to develop a student-centered, outcome-oriented curriculum that integrates basic and clinical science, introduces students to patients at an early stage, reduces redundancy, and promotes active learning. To help students to develop and maintain their expertise in medicine, extensive supervised training with evaluation and feedback should be provided. The curriculum should also be designed to provide a learning context in which students are helped to develop a knowledge structure and diagnostic strategies similar to those used by experts. Finally, the curriculum should be flexible and responsive to the needs of students to train them to be excellent physicians in the future. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2b864582680246c5be8608b8faca88602022-12-22T02:47:06ZengElsevierPediatrics and Neonatology1875-95722008-06-01493535710.1016/S1875-9572(08)60013-3The Use of Medical Cognition in Medical Curriculum Reform in TaiwanTsuen-Chiuan TsaiMedical cognition studies have generated a great deal of knowledge that can be used to improve the quality of medical education. This review summarizes medical cognition research, the trends in medical education, and how the results of cognitive research can be applied to medical curriculum reform in Taiwan. The current trend in medical education is to develop a student-centered, outcome-oriented curriculum that integrates basic and clinical science, introduces students to patients at an early stage, reduces redundancy, and promotes active learning. To help students to develop and maintain their expertise in medicine, extensive supervised training with evaluation and feedback should be provided. The curriculum should also be designed to provide a learning context in which students are helped to develop a knowledge structure and diagnostic strategies similar to those used by experts. Finally, the curriculum should be flexible and responsive to the needs of students to train them to be excellent physicians in the future.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875957208600133curriculummedical cognitionmedical problem solvingmedical reasoningreform |
| spellingShingle | Tsuen-Chiuan Tsai The Use of Medical Cognition in Medical Curriculum Reform in Taiwan Pediatrics and Neonatology curriculum medical cognition medical problem solving medical reasoning reform |
| title | The Use of Medical Cognition in Medical Curriculum Reform in Taiwan |
| title_full | The Use of Medical Cognition in Medical Curriculum Reform in Taiwan |
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| title_short | The Use of Medical Cognition in Medical Curriculum Reform in Taiwan |
| title_sort | use of medical cognition in medical curriculum reform in taiwan |
| topic | curriculum medical cognition medical problem solving medical reasoning reform |
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