Chekhov's Environmental Psychology: Medicine and the Early Stories

In light of the historical circumstances surrounding Anton Chekhov's early writing career and his own statements about the importance of medicine to it, there is surprisingly little scholarship on how medicine shaped his prose. What ideas was he introduced to in medical school and how did he apply them? Which of these drew his attention as he strove to articulate a new artistic vision? How did Chekhov draw on his experience with medicine to experiment with new themes and forms in his literary writing? This article addresses these questions by focusing on the aspects of medicine that had the most discernable influence on Chekhov as he developed his literary writing: hygiene, clinical medicine, and psychiatry. It argues that Chekhov engaged with core issues of medicine not only as a medical student who wrote case histories of his patients, but also as a groundbreaking writer. As he transcodes insights from the clinic into his prose, he creates a new conception of details that disclose relationships between settings and characters and an environmental psychology emerges across his medical writing and fiction. His stories envision relationships between physical and mental life with such originality that he becomes a new literary force not long after completing his medical education.

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Medical Writing: Write your Way to Six-Figures and Beyond

The Senior Care Pharmacist ◽

10.4140/tcp.n.2021.273 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 36 (6) ◽

pp. 273-275

Author(s):

Brittany Hoffmann-Eubanks

Keyword(s):

Medical Education ◽

Scientific Publication ◽

Medical Writing ◽

Document Preparation ◽

Regulatory Document ◽

Needs Assessments ◽

Broad Term ◽

Medical Journalism ◽

Journalism Research ◽

Medical Writers

Medical writing is a broad term for a vast 3-billion-dollar industry. The industry is large enough to accommodate all types of medical writers and health care communicators who can contribute in various ways. For example, some medical writers assist with medical education, such as continuing medical education (CME), slide-decks, textbooks, needs assessments, and patient education. Other medical writers may work in medical journalism, research documents, medical marketing, regulatory document preparation, or scientific publication and presentations. This article discusses ways for pharmacists to enter this field and is an extension of the ASCP provided webinar, which can be accessed here.

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Hippocrates and Early Greek Medicine

Oxford Handbook of Science and Medicine in the Classical World ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199734146.013.67 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 214-232

Author(s):

Elizabeth Craik

Keyword(s):

Vascular System ◽

Human Life ◽

Medical Writing ◽

Detailed Account ◽

Case Histories ◽

Hippocratic Corpus ◽

Wide Range ◽

The Universe ◽

Medical Writers

The chapter surveys early Greek medicine, primarily the works attributed to Hippocrates, but also evidence for other medical writing, such as that in the Anonymus Londinensis papyrus, and in the fragments of the pre-Socratics. It is noted that the fragments of Alcmaeon indicate experience in dissection of animals, that Diogenes of Apollonia gives a detailed account of the vascular system, and that Plato has an extensive biomedical section in Timaeus. In general, early medical writers show concern with the relation of microcosm to macrocosm and of human life to the universe; also, with opposing principles (hot and cold, wet and dry, thick and thin, rare and dense) such that health is commonly seen in terms of bodily balance and avoidance of excess. The seventy or so works of the Hippocratic corpus cover a wide range of subjects, notably prognostic signs, surgery, gynecology, case histories and aphoristics lore.

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A new PhD training track: a proposal to improve basic science teaching.

AJP Advances in Physiology Education ◽

10.1152/advances.1997.272.6.s36 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 272 (6) ◽

pp. S36 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

J J Smith ◽

S M Koethe ◽

H V Forster

Keyword(s):

Medical Education ◽

Training Program ◽

Science Teaching ◽

Basic Science ◽

Clinical Medicine ◽

Limited Commitment ◽

Integrative Physiology ◽

Advantages And Disadvantages ◽

The Future ◽

Medical Basic Science

There has been increasing criticism of medical basic science teaching; much of this has focused on overcrowding of the curriculum, inadequate application to clinical medicine, and the limited commitment of the faculty to teach. We have analyzed some of the factors that may contribute to these complaints, such as the fragmentation of physiology and the conflicting roles of the medical basic scientist. We have also reviewed some previous suggestions for improving basic science teaching. We suggest that a basic scientist with a background of integrative physiology, pharmacology, anatomy, and pathology, with a special emphasis on pathophysiology, would be well qualified to assume an important role in the medical education of the future. Because there is at present no established training program of this type, we have proposed a PhD training track with this objective and have listed some of the advantages and disadvantages of such a program.

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A plea for extension of the anatomical nomenclature: Vessels

Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences ◽

10.17305/bjbms.2020.5256 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

David Kachlik ◽

Vladimir Musil ◽

Alzbeta Blankova ◽

Zuzana Marvanova ◽

Jakub Miletin ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Medical Education ◽

Human Body ◽

Lymphatic System ◽

Clinical Medicine ◽

Rapid Development ◽

Anatomical Terminology ◽

Anatomical Nomenclature ◽

Terminologia Anatomica ◽

Medical Mistakes

This article is the fourth and last part of a series aimed at extending and correcting the anatomical nomenclature. Because of the rapid development of internet and the use of electronic formats in communication in anatomy, embryology, histology, medical education and clinical medicine, an appropriate, precise and concise anatomical nomenclature is required. Such tool enables to avoid any potential confusion and possible scientific/medical mistakes. The up-to-date official anatomical terminology, Terminologia Anatomica, is available longer than 20 years and needs to be refined and extended. The authors have collected and listed 210 terms and completed them with definitions and/or explanations. We aimed to start a discussion about their potential incorporation into the new revised version of the Terminologia Anatomica. This article is primarily focused on the vessels of the human body (arteries, veins and lymphatic system).

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Contemporary problems of medical education as a threat to Russia 's national security

National Security and Strategic Planning ◽

10.37468/2307-1400-2020-1-40-46 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2020 (1) ◽

pp. 40-46

Author(s):

A Balakhonov ◽

N Bubnova ◽

S Varzin ◽

Vladimir Matveev ◽

O Piskun ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Medical Education ◽

Medical Industry ◽

The State ◽

Educational Process ◽

The Russian Federation ◽

Effective Organization ◽

Pharmaceutical Production ◽

Core Issues ◽

Higher Medical Education

The article refers about the problems of Russian health care and higher and midlle medical education as integral elements of a single holistic system of the state in the conditions of their commercialization. A serious test for health care was the Covid-19 epidemic, which revealed the consequences of the so-called optimization of the medical industry: lack of an effective plan to prepare for the outbreak, lack of hospitals and beds, trained medical and nursing personnel, necessary equipment and medicines, test systems for determining coronavirus, protective suits, consumables, including masks. In order to understand modern trends, the dynamics of indicators of the state of the medical industry in Tsar 's Russia, the USSR and the Russian Federation after 1991 to the present have been traced. Modern Russia finds itself in a number of positions dropped to the indicators of 1913 (reduction of the number of hospitals and polyclinics, graduation of doctors and paramedics, in fact there is no medical industry, chemical and pharmaceutical production, etc.). The main elements of effective organization of higher medical education are identified, which presents both issues of material support of students and teachers, as well as core issues of educational process. The weaknesses of medical education have been identified, which are due both to the lack of sound State policy to support it and to its consequence - insufficient funding. The materials of the article make it possible to formulate the principles of restoration of domestic medical education as the foundation of the health care system.

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Discussion on the Influence and Enlightenment of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) on Medical Students in China (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.19479 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Hong Wan ◽

Yujie Tu ◽

Yu Fu ◽

Zhao Yan ◽

Yalin Chen ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Medical Education ◽

Medical Student ◽

Medical Students ◽

Education Reform ◽

Clinical Medicine ◽

Virus Disease ◽

First Line ◽

Medical Education Reform ◽

The Future ◽

New Ideas

UNSTRUCTURED COVID-19 spread in Wuhan in January 2020 and the whole country worked together to fight the epidemic. Up to now, more than 80,000 people have been diagnosed, and more than 40,000 medical staffs have assisted first-line rescue in Wuhan. As a reserve force for clinical medicine, medical students bear the heavy responsibility of future medical development. The author, as a medical student, has considered carefully about facing the present and looking forward to the future after this epidemic. The author mainly discusses about the influence of COVID-19 on medical students and its enlightenment on medical students and medical education reform in this paper, and hopes to resonate with medical students and provide some new ideas for future medical education reform.

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Introduction

Integrating Evolutionary Biology into Medical Education ◽

10.1093/oso/9780198814153.003.0001 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 1-10

Author(s):

Michael L. Power ◽

Jay Schulkin

Keyword(s):

Medical Education ◽

Daily Activity ◽

Evolutionary Biology ◽

Clinical Medicine ◽

Evolutionary Medicine ◽

Evolutionary Perspective ◽

Evolutionary Thought ◽

Physician Scientist ◽

Medicine Today ◽

Physician Scientists

Evolutionary medicine is an integrative discipline, combining the fields of evolutionary biology, experimental research, and clinical medicine. Contributors to the field of evolutionary medicine today come from many schools of study. Anthropologists, biologists, physiologists, and ecologists work alongside historians of science and physician scientists, all of whom are represented in the present volume. A full integration of evolutionary thought into the education of medical students and seasoned physicians has been voiced by most of the field’s contributors. Incorporating an evolutionary perspective into medicine will most likely not change the daily activity of physicians, but it will help guide the thinking and types of questions a physician-scientist should ask, by adding an evolutionary dimension. Our aim for this volume is to support medical education that teaches evolutionary medicine as a seamless component of medical practice, rather than be considered a separate school of thought.

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Adaptation of the Roseman 6-Point Mastery Learning Model to the College of Medicine Program

Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development ◽

10.1177/2382120518803111 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 ◽

pp. 238212051880311 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jack Lazerson ◽

Judith Rosenthal ◽

Carolyn Glaubensklee ◽

Thomas Hunt ◽

Bruce Morgenstern ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Medical Education ◽

Clinical Medicine ◽

Mastery Learning ◽

Health Sciences ◽

Health Care Education ◽

Basic Sciences ◽

Outcome Based Education ◽

Key Points ◽

Practice Of Medicine ◽

Over Time

Medical education has evolved over time toward a model which integrates clinical medicine with the basic sciences. More recently, medical education has put an emphasis on outcome-based education. Other areas of health care education have had a similar emphasis which can provide models to inform a new model for medical education. The Roseman University of Health Sciences has developed and implemented a model based on underlying tenets of mastery learning since 1999. The model has been implemented in pharmacy, nursing, and dental education. It was conceived as an integration of 6 key points which reinforce each other and interrelate to support learning. The model has been modified for application to medical education in support of medical education’s outcome-based emphasis and to address the educational demands of the changing environment of the practice of medicine.

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