medical education

(adjective)

Medical education is education related to the practice of being a medical practitioner, either the initial training to become a doctor (i.e., medical school and internship), additional training thereafter (e.g., residency and fellowship), or Physician Assistant education.

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Examples of medical education in the following topics:

  • Women in Medicine

    • Most countries of the world now guarantee equal access by women to medical education, although not all ensure equal employment opportunities.
    • However, women kept practicing medicine in the allied health fields (nursing, midwifery), making significant gains in medical education and medical work during the 19th and 20th centuries.
    • In some industrialized nations, women have achieved parity in medical school.
    • Since 2003, women have formed the majority of the U.S. medical student body.
    • Moreover, there are skews within the medical profession.

  • Physicians, Nurses, and Patients

    • They may focus their practice on certain disease categories, types of patients, or methods of treatment; such physicians are known as specialist medical practitioners.
    • Physicians in the United States include both physicians trained by medical education in the United States, and physicians that are international medical graduates who have progressed through the necessary steps to acquire a medical license to practice in a state.
    • Currently, the American College of Physicians uses the term physician to describe all medical practitioners holding a professional medical degree.
    • There are a number of educational paths to becoming a professional nurse, which vary greatly worldwide, but all involve extensive study of nursing theory and practice, and training in clinical skills.
    • A local doctor performs a cataract surgery on a patient at Zamboanga Medical Center during the U.S.

  • Problem-Based Learning

    • While the fundamental approach of problem solving in situated environments has been used throughout the history of schooling, the term PBL did not appear until the 1970s and was devised as an alternative approach to medical education.
    • In most medical programs, students initially take a series of fact intensive courses in biology and anatomy and then participate in a field experience as a medical resident in a hospital or clinic.
    • Consequently, PBL was first seen as a medical field immersion experience whereby students learned about their medical specialty through direct engagement in realistic problems and gradual apprenticeship in natural or simulated settings.
    • In addition to the field of medicine, PBL is used in many areas of education and training.
    • In vocational education, PBL experiences often emphasize participation in natural settings.

  • Professional Interest Groups

    • An example of a professional interest group is the American Medical Association (AMA), which represents doctors and medical students throughout the United States.
    • The AMA conducts significant amounts of member and public education work, including publishing the Journal of the America Medical Association .
    • Another campaign that is directly related to economic interests is one to limit the damages awarded in medical malpractice suits.
    • The first edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
    • Today it is the most widely read medical journal in the world.

  • Treatment of Slaves in the United States

    • Medical care was often provided to slaves by the slaveholder’s family or fellow slaves who had gleaned medical knowledge via ancestral folk remedies and/or experiences during their time in captivity.
    • Ensure that the slave is uneducated, helpless, and dependent by depriving them of access to education and recreation.
    • In the mid-nineteenth century, slaving states passed laws making education of slaves illegal.
    • In Missouri, some slaveholders educated their slaves or permitted the slaves to educate themselves.
    • The quality and extent of medical care received by slaves is not known with much certainty.

  • Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

    • The 1978 Supreme Court case Bakke was the first case before the Court of affirmative action in higher education.
    • In 1973, Allan Bakke, a 33-year-old white male, applied to 12 medical schools.
    • There were two main issues before the Court: 1) Was it illegal and unconstitutional under Section VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for Bakke's to be excluded from consideration in UC Davis Medical School special admissions program for minorities?
    • UC Davis maintained that the program had originally been developed to 1) reduce the historic deficit of traditionally disfavored minorities in medical schools and the medical profession, 2) counter the effects of societal discrimination, 3) increase the number of physicians who will practice in under served communities, and 4) obtain the educational benefits that flow from a racially diverse student body.
    • Bakke was the first case the Supreme Court decided that referenced affirmative action policies in higher education.

  • Dr. Miller's Pharmacy Class

    • She decides to have students use authentic patients' problems during their preclinical education.
    • She assigns students to groups of five and has them discuss the appropriate medication and the appropriate doses of the suggested medications based on patients' situations.
    • In the beginning phase of solving the complex problems in the case, students need to assess each patient's kidney situation, complications, current medication, previous medication, and other physical factors, such as weight and age.
    • In the next class, students suggest not only the appropriate medication and the reasonable dosage for each patient, but also describe their rationales for the medication they suggested.
    • Miller thinks that with case-based learning, her students are more engaged in the process of examining patients' cases and suggesting appropriate medications to the doctors.

  • Education

    • To be a lawyer, one must have a law degree (JD); to be a doctor, one must have a medical degree (MD); to be a CEO, one usually has a business degree (MBA).
    • Among people with professional degrees (such as a law or medical degree), the median household income is $100,000.
    • American society highly values post-secondary education, or education beyond high school; it is one of the main determinants of class and status in the U.S.
    • Many middle-class professions require post-secondary degrees, which are classified as tertiary education (or "higher education").
    • Although the incomes of both men and women are associated with higher educational attainment (higher incomes for higher educational attainment), there remains an income gap between races and genders at each educational level.

  • Disease Diagnosis

    • Medical diagnosis or the actual process of making a diagnosis is a cognitive process.
    • The initial task is to detect a medical indication indicating a diagnostic procedure.
    • Unless the provider is certain of the condition present, further medical tests, such as medical imaging, are performed or scheduled in part to confirm or disprove the diagnosis but also to document the patient's status and keep the patient's medical history up to date.
    • From this point on, in addition to treating the patient's condition, the provider can educate the patient about the etiology, progression, prognosis, other outcomes, and possible treatments of her or his ailments, as well as providing advice for maintaining health.
    • Relevant information should be added to the medical record of the patient.

  • Being a Special Education Teacher

    • If you are considering becoming a special education teacher, you should be aware of the purpose of special education, the components of an IEP and the credentials required for the profession.
    • Special education or special needs education is the education of students with special needs or learning disabilities in a way that addresses the students' individual differences and needs.
    • In most developed countries, educators are modifying teaching methods and environments so that the maximum number of students is served in general education environments.
    • Unlike most of the developed world, American schools are also required to provide many medical services, such as speech therapy, if the student needs these services.
    • Though certification requirements vary from state to state, all public school systems require applicants to obtain a four year degree in special education or a master's degree in special education in order to be considered for special education teaching positions.