It is time to balance communitarianism and individualism in South African medical education
To the Editor: Recent well-meaning global and South African (SA) reforms in medical education primarily consider an agenda of social accountability. We are concerned that this approach may be the result of an excessive focus on the purpose of education to meet community needs (communitarianism) at t...
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South African Medical Association
2015-12-01
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| description | To the Editor: Recent well-meaning global and South African (SA) reforms in medical education primarily consider an agenda of social accountability. We are concerned that this approach may be the result of an excessive focus on the purpose of education to meet community needs (communitarianism) at the expense of the purpose of education to meet individual learner’s needs (individualism). If communitarianism and individualism are viewed as being at the opposite ends of a pendulum swing, we believe the pendulum is currently swinging too far away from individualism towards communitarianism, and that there should be a balance between these two. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-88584c024b544a0593da54dac7b51dcf2024-02-02T14:28:39ZengSouth African Medical AssociationAfrican Journal of Health Professions Education2078-51272015-12-017222422510.7196/AJHPE.564It is time to balance communitarianism and individualism in South African medical educationL CampbellA RossR MacGregorTo the Editor: Recent well-meaning global and South African (SA) reforms in medical education primarily consider an agenda of social accountability. We are concerned that this approach may be the result of an excessive focus on the purpose of education to meet community needs (communitarianism) at the expense of the purpose of education to meet individual learner’s needs (individualism). If communitarianism and individualism are viewed as being at the opposite ends of a pendulum swing, we believe the pendulum is currently swinging too far away from individualism towards communitarianism, and that there should be a balance between these two.http://www.ajhpe.org.za/index.php/ajhpe/article/download/564/339 |
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| title | It is time to balance communitarianism and individualism in South African medical education |
| title_full | It is time to balance communitarianism and individualism in South African medical education |
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| title_full_unstemmed | It is time to balance communitarianism and individualism in South African medical education |
| title_short | It is time to balance communitarianism and individualism in South African medical education |
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