NIH VideoCast - James H. Cassedy Memorial Lecture in the History of Medicine - Making the Case for History in Medical Education

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James H. Cassedy Memorial Lecture in the History of Medicine - Making the Case for History in Medical Education

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Air date:	Thursday, September 20, 2018, 2:00:00 PM Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local
Views:	Total views: 286 (122 Live, 164 On-demand)
Category:	History
Runtime:	01:30:51
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Description:	10th Annual James H. Cassedy Memorial Lecture in the History of Medicine Historians of medicine have struggled for centuries to make the case for history in medical education. They have developed many arguments about the value of historical perspective, but their efforts have faced persistent obstacles, from limited resources to curricular time constraints and skepticism about whether history actually is essential for physicians. Recent proposals have suggested that history should ally itself with the other medical humanities and make the case that together they can foster medical professionalism. We articulate a different approach and make the case for history as an essential component of medical knowledge, reasoning, and practice. History offers essential insights about the causes of disease, the nature of efficacy, and the contingency of medical knowledge and practice amid the social, economic, and political contexts of medicine. These are all things that physicians must know in order to be effective diagnosticians and caregivers, just as they must learn anatomy or pathophysiology.

NLM Title:	Making the case for history in medical education / David S. Jones.
Author:	Jones, David S. National Library of Medicine (U.S.),
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Abstract:	(CIT): 10th Annual James H. Cassedy Memorial Lecture in the History of Medicine Historians of medicine have struggled for centuries to make the case for history in medical education. They have developed many arguments about the value of historical perspective, but their efforts have faced persistent obstacles, from limited resources to curricular time constraints and skepticism about whether history actually is essential for physicians. Recent proposals have suggested that history should ally itself with the other medical humanities and make the case that together they can foster medical professionalism. We articulate a different approach and make the case for history as an essential component of medical knowledge, reasoning, and practice. History offers essential insights about the causes of disease, the nature of efficacy, and the contingency of medical knowledge and practice amid the social, economic, and political contexts of medicine. These are all things that physicians must know in order to be effective diagnosticians and caregivers, just as they must learn anatomy or pathophysiology.
Subjects:	Education, Medical History of Medicine
Publication Types:	Lecture Webcast

NLM Classification:	W 18
NLM ID:	101735320
CIT Live ID:	27001
Permanent link:	https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=27001

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