THE STATE OF TEACHING OF HISTORY OF MEDICINE AT MEDICAL SCHOOLS IN POLAND. SOME PROPOSALS

• Authors: Brzezinski T.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The survey of the teaching of history of medicine at medical schools in Poland presented in the paper covers the organizational framework of institutions concerned with the history of medicine and their staff, as well as the place of the subject in curricula. Despite an overall positive assessment, especially with regard to the teaching staff, the prospects are not optimistic. There is a widespread tendency to make medicine a science of an exclusively biological nature. The rapid development of contemporary medicine and pharmacy is conducive to eliminating from curricula everything that is not of direct use to the future profession of the students. Medical schools are now facing a reorganization. The paper thus carries a plea directed to all representatives of medical sciences in the authorities of tertiary educational institutions, as well as in decision-making bodies for tertiary education in Poland, to preserve and develop humanistic instruction in medical schools. This has to do not only with the intellectual development of future physicians, but also concerns shaping appropriate attitudes to doctor-patient relations, which are the main source of complaints with regard to the deficiencies of medicine.

Keywords

EN

HISTORY OF MEDICINE TEACHING (POLAND); HISTORY OF SCIENCE; MEDICAL SCHOOLS IN POLAND

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Historii Nauki im. Ludwika i Aleksandra Birkenmajerów
• Journal: Analecta. Studia i Materiały z Dziejów Nauki
• Year: 2005
• Volume: 14
• Issue: 1-2(27-28)
• Pages: 209-215
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Brzezinski T.

• T. Brzezinski, Pomorska Akademia Medyczna, Zaklad Historii Medycyny i Etyki Lekarskiej, ul. Rybacka 1, 70-204 Szczecin, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

06PLAAAA00701743