title: Democratization of medical knowledge and technology: brief commentary on implications for medical education.
abstract: Today's movement towards the democratization of knowledge and dissemination of technology creates an opportunity for health care providers to reform medical education, bridge disciplines, and contribute to the correction of social inequalities. The question is whether this generation of physicians will have the courage to bring down the barriers that have deprived the majority of humanity from the medical knowledge, technology, and healthcare that rightfully belongs to all.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA 92868, USA. Hcolt@uci.edu
authors.forename: Henri
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Colt
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Quadrelli
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003198:Computer Simulation / Q000639:trends*; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000639:trends*; D003709:Democracy; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D020375:Education, Distance; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods*; D018961:Educational Technology / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D019359:Knowledge; D026706:Paternalism; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D012935:Social Justice; D014584:User-Computer Interface