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The Training of Doctors

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Word count
215K words
Chapters
20
ISBN
9787567910959

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Summary

Prepared by three medical education experts—Molly Cooke, David M. Irby, and Bridget C. O'Brien—The Training of Doctors follows in the footsteps of the 1910 Flexner Report: the authors visited leading U.S. medical schools and teaching hospitals, interviewing medical students, residents, faculty, deans, and administrators to gather firsthand research data.

Editor's review

This book is led by three experts in medical education, with Zhang Shuyang invited to contribute, and centers on the core question: how, exactly, are doctors formed? The author team conducted field visits to top U.S. medical schools and teaching hospitals, interviewing medical students, residents, teaching faculty, and administrators, and presents a true picture of medical talent development through first-hand research data. Its value lies not in listing pedagogical methods but in linking the classroom, the ward, assessment, and career growth into a perceptible chain, so that readers can see how institutional design lands on specific individuals. The narrative combines a researcher's restraint with the detail of on-site observation, making it suitable for teachers and administrators concerned with medical education reform, and also for medical students preparing to enter the clinical stage to build an overall understanding of the training system. There is no need to rush the reading; progress chapter by chapter along the lines of admissions selection, curriculum and clinical rotations, evaluation and feedback, and faculty development, and keep comparative notes against your own experience for a more solid takeaway.

Who it's for

A good fit for

  • Teachers and teaching administrators at medical schools who want to understand frontline training mechanisms and directions for improvement
  • Clinical teaching faculty who hope to understand residents' growth paths and the logic of evaluation
  • Medical students and residency trainees who want to build an overall understanding of the medical training system in advance
  • Researchers and health management practitioners concerned with medical education policy

Not a good fit for

  • Readers looking only for exam-taking techniques or quick prep methods for postgraduate entrance exams
  • General readers expecting light, story-driven narration and lacking interest in educational institutions
  • Clinicians seeking specific disease diagnosis and treatment guidelines

Reading tips

  1. Start with the table of contents and introduction to grasp the book's research framework, then read chapter by chapter according to training stages.
  2. After each chapter, use one page to record institutional design, on-site manifestations, and points worth borrowing.
  3. Medical students can compare the interview passages with their own rotation experience and read with questions in mind.
  4. Teaching administrators can organize small reading groups to discuss faculty evaluation and feedback mechanisms.

About the publisher

Peking Union Medical College Press China · Founded in 1989

Peking Union Medical College Press focuses on medical academic publishing while also covering the social sciences. Judging from the 285 books in the database, its publishing centers on clinical medicine, public health and medical education: it offers translated clinical reference works such as The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy (new translation, 53rd edition), the annual China Cardiovascular Health and Disease Report series, and monographs including Medicine in Rural China, Facial Nerve Studies, and Endoscope-Assisted Microneurosurgery. Its authors include international medical writers such as David Gilbert and Henry Chambers as well as Chinese scholars such as Chen Zhiqian, Wang Chen and Zhang Konglai. Its publishing features a balance between introducing authoritative international guidelines and presenting domestic academic achievements, alongside textbooks and works on the training of doctors.

Contents

  1. 版权信息
  2. 谨以此书献给北京协和医院建院一百周年
  3. 翻译团队
  4. 关于著者
  5. 译序 培养医学人才 守护人民健康
  6. 前言 站在弗莱克斯纳的肩膀上
  7. 致谢
  8. 第一篇 昔日遗产 今日实践 明日挑战
  9. 第一章 医生培养的环境条件与挑战
  10. 第二章 如何成为一名医生——医学教育的基础
  11. 第二篇 了解医生的工作
  12. 第三章 医学院校教育中的学生体验
  13. 第四章 住院医师的体验内容——毕业后医学教育
  14. 第三篇 转变——外因与内因
  15. 第五章 医学教育的规管与资助
  16. 第六章 组织变革中的领导力
  17. 第四篇 面对明日挑战 预见可行性
  18. 第七章 实现愿景——医学教育改革
  19. 第八章 高效政策支持实现卓越教育
  20. 全书参考文献

FAQ

How is this book different from general books on medical education theory?
Its distinguishing feature is that it presents the real operating conditions of medical schools and teaching hospitals based on first-hand research data obtained through field visits and interviews, rather than merely sorting out concepts. Readers can see how the perspectives of institutions, faculty, students, and administrators intertwine, making it more suitable for reading with real-world questions in mind.
Can readers without a medical background understand it?
They can grasp the general idea. The book unfolds around the training process, and the density of professional terminology is relatively manageable, but content involving curriculum systems, clinical rotations, and evaluation mechanisms still requires some patience. If one lacks interest in medical education institutions, the reading experience will be rather difficult.
What practical help can medical students gain from reading this book?
It can help medical students understand the origins and development of the training system they are in, especially the design intent behind curriculum arrangements, clinical rotations, and evaluation feedback. With this understanding, they can face rotations and assessments more easily, turning passive coping into active planning and becoming clearer about what to ask their teaching faculty.
Is it suitable as reference reading for teaching management training?
Yes. The interviews with faculty, deans, and administrators in the book can help administrators examine connection problems in training stages from multiple perspectives. For training, it is advisable to select chapters close to one's own institutional situation for focused discussion rather than reading broadly, which better facilitates translation into concrete improvement measures.

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About the author

Molly Cooke is an author about whom Chinese-language publishing information remains limited. Only one of her works is currently included in the database, The Training of Doctors, which is classified under medicine. Judging from the title and category, the book concerns medical education and very likely discusses the knowledge training, clinical competence, and professional qualities required in the development of physicians. Because public information is limited, her nationality, dates of birth and death, educational background, and professional experience cannot be confirmed, and the standard English form of her name still requires further verification. On the available evidence, Cooke is known to Chinese readers mainly through this medical work, whose approach tends toward professional discussion rather than popular science. For readers interested in the cultivation of medical talent and issues in medical education, the book offers a useful point of entry, though a fuller picture of the author still awaits more material.

David Irby—whose English name, nationality, and dates of birth and death remain unclear in publicly available sources—has only one work recorded in the database: the medical title The Training of Doctors. Judging from the title and its common classification under medicine, the book concerns medical education and likely explores the growth of medical students, clinical training, and professional competence, placing it within medical humanities or medical education writing. Because background information on the author is limited, it is difficult to determine his specific identity or the full scope of his work. The available clues suggest, however, that the text is aimed at medical practitioners and readers interested in medical education, and that it carries a certain professional seriousness and practical concern. For readers seeking to understand how doctors are trained, the book offers a useful entry point; the author's fuller profile and further writings await disclosure in public sources.

Brigitte O'Brien is an author whose name appears in Chinese-language publications. Public information about her is currently limited: her nationality, dates of birth and death, educational background, and professional experience are not clearly recorded. The database contains one work by her, titled The Training of Doctors, which is classified under medicine. Judging from its subject matter, the book concerns the development and training of medical professionals, touching on topics such as medical education and the cultivation of clinical competence. Its intended readers may include medical students, medical educators, and general readers interested in the healthcare field. Because the available material confirms only the author's name, the title of the work, and its category, it is not yet possible to describe the overall character of her writing or to assess her standing and influence in the field. This profile is based on the facts in the database and makes no speculative additions; it can be further refined if more complete author information becomes available.

张抒扬 Author

Zhang Shuyang is a medical author about whom limited public biographical information is available. Her confirmed works number 26, spanning medicine, documentary literature, and examination categories. Her writing centers on clinical medicine and hospital culture. Representative works include The Training of Doctors, A Historical Account of Modern Chinese Hospitals: Peking Union Medical College Hospital, and A Century of PUMCH Nursing, which focus on medical talent development and the historical legacy of Peking Union Medical College Hospital. In the areas of rare diseases and specialized diagnosis and treatment, she contributed to the 2021 edition of the PUMCH Multidisciplinary Collaborative Diagnosis and Treatment Case Collection for Rare Diseases, Diagnosis and Management of Rare Diseases in Children, and Annotations to China's First Rare Disease Catalog, offering references for clinical practice in these fields. In addition, Cardiac Rehabilitation Protocols and the PUMCH Handbook for Hospital Prevention and Control of COVID-19 reflect her attention to specific diagnostic and treatment standards and hospital emergency response. Overall, her works lean toward practical and documentary writing, combining professional value with historical significance.

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