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Toward a clinical orientation in the basic medical biochemistry curriculum
Author(s) -
KHAYAMBASHI H.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1365-2923
pISSN - 0308-0110
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1978.tb00335.x
Subject(s) - curriculum , orientation (vector space) , medical education , biochemistry , medical school , psychology , medicine , medical physics , pedagogy , mathematics , geometry
Summary A re‐evaluation of biochemistry in medical school curricula is presented, with reference to designing more effective courses. Responses to a survey conducted among 103 medical students enrolled in two general biochemistry courses indicated that basic biochemistry would be considered more relevant to the medical curriculum if clinical applications were emphasized over basic principles. A majority of students (91%) expressed interest in applying bio‐chemical principles to pathological conditions. They recommended that the biochemistry curriculum should include lectures on the significance of bio‐chemistry in medical practice and its role in the life processes, laboratory comparisons of normal and pathological specimens, and course titles that reflect a more clinical orientation.