The Hidden Curriculum: Medical Students’ Changing Opinions toward the Pharmaceutical Industry

Curriculum Content: Changing Students’ Stances toward Uncertainty

From Hollywood blockbusters such as Jurassic Park and The Butterfly Effect to popular books such as Chaos by Gleick (1988) and Complexity by Waldrop (1992), the new science of complexity has made its way into the American discourse. By now thoughtful educators cannot have failed to at least glance at the headlines in popular science magazines proclaiming new scientific advances. They are aware ...

The Changing Medical Curriculum

The ethics of pharmaceutical industry relationships with medical students.

Little research has been done on the extent of the relationship between the pharmaceutical industry and medical students, and the effect on students of receiving gifts. Potential harms to patients are documented elsewhere; we focus on potential harms to students. Students who receive gifts may believe that they are receiving something for nothing, contributing to a sense of entitlement that is ...

The Association between Patient-centered Hidden Curriculum and Medical Students’ Communication Skills

Introduction: Nowadays, physicians, medical organizations, and policy makers increasingly emphasize patient centered medical care. Regarding the importance of hidden curriculum in development of medical students’ professional behaviors, this study was conducted to investigate correlation between patient-centered hidden curriculum and medical students’ communication skills. Methods: This descri...

The changing structure of the pharmaceutical industry.

Rising research and development (R&D) expenditures by pharmaceutical companies are, in part, a consequence of changing industry structure, particularly the rise of the biotechnology sector. The creation of a market for biomedical science and increased vertical competition within the industry are likely to spur innovation and raise productivity, but they also could induce socially wasteful spend...