Commentary: Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
نویسنده
چکیده
In this commentary, the author asks, can educators learn from being reminded of moments of poor judgment or inappropriate behavior in the history of medical education, or should these incidents not be revived and revisited? The question is posed in relation to the accompanying article in this issue by Halperin, which examines the publication of a medical textbook that featured pin-up style photos of women but not men. Both in the past and now, attitudes and behaviors can be found within medical education that have helped to sustain cultural misunderstanding and bias. It may be difficult to become aware of these attitudes and the ways they can infect teaching, thus detracting from good care of patients. A more recent example from the author's experience is discussed, regarding physician bias toward treating patients with HIV/AIDS. Readers are reminded that medicine not only exists in the context of social mores and customs, but helps create them. Examining the past can help to cultivate awareness of such inappropriate bias and generate strategies for resistance.
منابع مشابه
New Faces at FSEL
learn history are doomed to repeat it. Well sometimes history should be repeated, because it makes great stories. This is one of those occasions. In general, you should learn the history of Ferguson Lab to learn from past mistakes! However, if this ever happens again, do not hesitate to call me; I want to know about it ASAP. So thus our story begins... John Breen has recently moved from Missour...
متن کاملUsing Historical Information to Improve Emission Projections (or How to Avoid Being Doomed to Repeat History)
The poet and philosopher, George Santayana is often quoted as having said that “those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” While he certainly did not have emissions forecasting in mind when identifying this conceit, it does have application to air pollutant emission projection practitioners. Under contract to the Lake Michigan Directors Consortium, E.H. Pechan & Associates, I...
متن کاملمدیر موفق کیست؟
Who is a really successful manager? A manager who spends less money, or the one who earns more? A manager who can survive for a longer period of time, or an administrator who expands his organization, and opens up new branches? Which one is the most successful? The article tries to answer these questions and provides, some simple guidlines for the managers in every domain of management who wan...
متن کاملA Critical Study on Commentators' Viewpoints about Prophet's Asking Forgiveness from Sins in the Verse 55 of Surah Al-Ghafir
The verse 55 of Surah Al-Ghafir is among the verses being considered to be in challenge with the infallibility of the last Prophet. In this verse, it has been ordered to the God’s Messenger to ask forgiveness for his sins. Suggesting a commentary of this verse, some commentators have attempted to declare that the Prophet is innocent but all of them were not successful equally. Reporting and cri...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید
ثبت ناماگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید
ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
دوره 84 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009