Medical education; a critical approach

By Michael A. Simpson

Subjects: higher education, Medical Education, Medical education, clinical sciences, examination methods, training of doctors, teaching methods, assessment

Description: A pioneering and, in its day, very popular book identifying the major faults and false assumptions in the training of medical students and doctors, and the logical and scientific evidence for and against traditional and modern practices and methods, proposing reforms many of which have since been adopted. In the 1970's, was proudly described to its author by the senior Librarian at McMaster University Medical School as the second most commonly stolen book in the library !