title: Basic requirements of pathology for a physician.
abstract: The pathology-teacher has to face two basic problems, viz. what to teach and how to teach. As to the question what--the answer is that the pathology of all diseases encountered by the general practitioner should be taught. The teaching of pathology should proceed along two lines, i.e. general and special pathology. It would be very hard to explain degenerative changes in detail without a knowledge of the essential and basic features of degeneration at the cellular level. One may question the necessity of teaching such details to students who will become general practitioners. What should be the limit of qualitative and quantitative requirements in training physicians? I think the methods of teaching should be reconsidered in view of developing new concepts. I wonder if it is necessary to teach general pathology in the usual form. It would seem more reasonable to include the essence of these details in the description of pathological changes of the organs. In this manner the student may receive a full picture of a disease. I prefer integrated training, however, since this gives better opportunities for the pathologist to present his ideas without interfering with the need for practical training of a physician.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Pathology, Semmelweis Medical University, Hungary.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jellinek
mesh_terms: D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010336:Pathology / Q000193:education*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*