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A pioneering on medical education: The seminal text of J.P. Frank's De medicis peregrinationibus – Medical travels (1792)
Medical travel is a general term for all journeys made by a health professional, and are common practice for education and training as a significant globalised topic in modern medical education, and their relevance dates back far into history. A historical-documental method is used in this study. It...
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Published in: | Educación médica 2016-01, Vol.17 (1), p.29-34 |
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Summary: | Medical travel is a general term for all journeys made by a health professional, and are common practice for education and training as a significant globalised topic in modern medical education, and their relevance dates back far into history.
A historical-documental method is used in this study. It re-examines and discusses critically the J.P. Frank text De medicis peregrinationibus (medical travel) written in 1792.
This paper enlightens on the meaning and usefulness of medical travels towards the end of the 18th century. A critical review of the text is carried out in order to compare medical travel and medical education towards the end of the 18th century with the same travel and education today.
The authors discuss a number of relevant points that Frank makes regarding travelling physicians, the meaning and usefulness of medical travels, as well as about a proposed curriculum for travelling physicians that could still be followed today.
As a general conclusion, Frank's paper could be considered a seminal work on medical travel for educational purposes. His observations are still relevant today, reflected in students travelling abroad as part of mobility programmes in medical education.
Los viajes médicos, como término general para todo viaje realizado por un profesional de la salud, son una práctica habitual para su educación y capacitación, que conforma además un significativo tópico globalizado de la educación médica moderna, aunque su relevancia se remonte en la historia.
Esta investigación utiliza un método histórico-documental. Revisa y analiza críticamente el texto De medicis peregrinationibus (Viajes médicos) escrito por J.P. Frank en 1792.
Este artículo explica el significado y la utilidad para el aprendizaje de los viajes médicos hacia finales del sigloxviii. Se lleva a cabo una revisión crítica del texto, tratando de comparar viajes médicos e instrucción médica hacia finales del sigloxviii con los mismos viajes y educación hoy en día.
Se discuten una serie de puntos relevantes que Frank realiza con respecto a los viajes médicos, su significado y la utilidad de estos, comentando una propuesta curricular para los médicos viajeros que bien podrían seguirse aún hoy.
Como conclusión general, el texto de Frank podría considerarse una obra fundamental sobre los viajes médicos con fines educativos. Sus observaciones son aún relevantes hoy en día, tal como se refleja en los estudios sobre estudiantes que viajan al extranjero en la actualidad como part |
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ISSN: | 1575-1813 1579-2099 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.edumed.2015.09.011 |