The idea for this book was originally conceived by Terrill Mast in conversations with Roland Folse. Dr. Mast was dedicated to the belief that all medical teachers should be generalists with skills and knowledge in all aspects of the field. Before his untimely death, he recruited most of the prestigious contributors to this important new book.

This comprehensive volume features a review of the major topics in medical and surgical education by today's leading authorities in the field. The assembled authors represent a "Who's Who" in medical education around the world. Each chapter provides a state-of-the-art overview of the topic along with the projected changes most likely to occur over the next decade.

A "must-have" for anyone responsible for educating students, residents, and physicians in the medical and surgical fields, this new book addresses the critical medical educational issues of the next millennium, in one, comprehensive volume.

About the Author
Linda H. Distlehorst, Gary L. Dunnington, J. Roland Folse

Reviews

"This book is authored by a virtual 'who's who' in medical education....The topics explored cover the breadth of medical student education, and the references are superb, current, and exhaustive....it provides a valuable service as it gathers into one source a compendium of ideas regarding medical student education. As one reads the book, one finds oneself nodding in agreement with certain statements and being fascinated in other areas where the authors have reestablished relationships between actions and learning that were once obscure and now seem obvious. This book should be read by every young academician as they begin their career as teachers; it is a worthwhile review for full professors who have spent years laboring in the vineyards of surgical education."
-Archives of Surgery

"...this book gives a thorugh overview of most of the issues that medical education presently faces, and I am sure it will help many of us working in this field to better understand its dynamics. It is very likely that every teacher and course organizer will find helpful suggestions to improve teaching, so that the enormous problems that face health care nowadays might even be more adequately addressed in the future."
-Advances in Health Sciences Education

Book Information
ISBN 9780415515658
Author Linda H. Distlehorst
Format Paperback
Page Count 364
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 670g