Myth, paradox and the hidden curriculum
Medical EducationPublished 1 July 1997
Marshall Marinker
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SNIP2.40
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Although the declared intentions of the curriculum are holistic and integrative, these intentions are subverted by the reductionist and trivializing consequences of much current educational theorizing.
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General medicine as a coherent, integrated, intellectual discipline, is no longer taught in the modern medical school. Although the declared intentions of the curriculum are holistic and integrative, these intentions are subverted by the reductionist and trivializing consequences of much current educational theorizing. Some of the consequences are considered.
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