Medicine: Preserving the Passion

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxviii

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2. Enjoying the Struggle

   • Michael E. Debakey, J. Willis Hurst

   Pages 1-30

3. Reading: Keeping Current

   • Phil P. Manning, Lois Debakey

   Pages 31-56

4. The Personal Information Center

   • Joshua Lederberg

   Pages 57-71

5. The Institutional Medical Library

   • Phil P. Manning, Lois Debakey

   Pages 73-80

6. The Collegial Network

   • Sherman M. Mellinkoff

   Pages 81-99

7. Learning from Formal Consultations

   • Phil P. Manning, Lois Debakey

   Pages 101-109

8. Formal Courses and Conferences

   • Phil P. Manning, Lois Debakey

   Pages 111-123

9. Technology in Traditional Continuing Education

   • Phil P. Manning, Lois Debakey

   Pages 125-132

10. Learning from Teaching

    • Phil P. Manning, Lois Debakey

    Pages 133-151

11. Analysis of Practice

    • Phil P. Manning, Lois Debakey

    Pages 153-180

12. Enlisting Help in the Analysis of Practice

    • Phil P. Manning, Lois Debakey

    Pages 181-191

13. Social, Ethical, and Economic Problems in Medicine

    • Phil P. Manning, Lois Debakey

    Pages 193-198

14. The Doctor-Patient Relationship, Physical Examination, and New Procedures

    • Phil P. Manning, Lois Debakey

    Pages 199-211

15. Problems in Practice Unrelated to Medical Knowledge

    • Phil P. Manning, Lois Debakey

    Pages 213-226

16. Women Physicians and Continuing Education

    • Phil P. Manning, Lois Debakey

    Pages 227-237

17. Can Families Help?

    • Phil P. Manning, Lois Debakey

    Pages 239-245

18. The Computer: Aid to Learning and Satisfaction from Practice

    • Phil P. Manning, Lois Debakey

    Pages 247-260

19. The Computer: Guidance in Diagnosis and Therapy

    • Phil P. Manning, Lois Debakey

    Pages 261-274

20. Back Matter

    Pages 275-297

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In Medicine: Preserving the Passion, Phil R. Manning, a pioneer and recognized authority in continuing medical education, and Lois DeBakey, a passionate advocate of critical reasoning and leading scholar in scientific communication, endeavor to shift the focus in lifelong learning from group exercises in a lecture hall to self-directed, practice-related activities. Al­ though most experts have applauded this new concept, few publications have addressed methods for implementation. The Manning-DeBakey book describes such methods as devised by outstanding clinicians and acade­ micians to obtain educational benefit from their clinical experience. Some techniques inspired by quality assurance, for example, these master cli­ nicians have used successfully to improve their knowledge, skills, and patient care. This book not only identifies the primary concerns in con­ tinuing medical education, but also offers sound recommendations and effective solutions and suggests future directions and approaches. The authors have analyzed the continuing educational practices of phy­ sicians in a wide range of environments, from small communities to the most acclaimed medical centers, and have extracted additional advice from the writings of past authorities like Osler. The resulting concepts will un­ doubtedly attract wide public attention. Office practice audit, self-directed learning, case indexing, patient education, computer-assisted education, and collegial networks, as well as regular reading, writing, and teaching, are among the successful methods described by physicians and surgeons who exemplify the highest standards of medical practice.

• care
• communication
• medical education
• medical practice
• medicine
• quality assurance

• School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

  Phil R. Manning

• Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA

  Lois DeBakey

• New Orleans, USA

  Lois DeBakey

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