Time for evidence based medical education

BMJ 1999;318:1223-1224 ( 8 May )

Editorials

Time for evidence based medical education

Tomorrow's doctors need informed educators not amateur tutors

Education and debate pp 1265 -83

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No doctor will deny the need for evidence based clinical practice, and all responsible professionals try to keep up with researchin their discipline.¹ For many, however, the education of thenext generation of doctors is also a major responsibility, yetthe same professional standards are not so commonly applied. Alldoctors have been successful medical students, and it seems easyto assume that this alone qualifies them to educate others. Fewsurgeons would claim that surviving a surgical procedure qualifiesa patient to perform it on another, yet how often do we hear,"There was none of this gobbledegook in my day, yet I learnt medicinewell. I know about medical education. I'm not going to change."Why do these attitudes persist? What are the barriers to effective,evidence based medical education, and how may they beovercome?

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