title: [Medical education in the digital era; opportunities for the Netherlands].
abstract: The next generation of physicians enters a job market of high-tech medicine; detailed technical knowledge of this technology is therefore a prerequisite. However, teaching on technology does not currently form an integral part of the medicine degree curriculum. We should consider if a generic medicine degree is still a valid framework, or whether students should be offered to move into different specialties at an earlier stage. By applying the latter approach, we can produce a generation of physicians prepared for the challenges thrown at them in a constantly changing, high-tech, professional environment.
authors.affiliation: Meander Medisch Centrum, afd. Heelkunde, Amersfoort en Universiteit Twente, afd. Technische Geneeskunde, Enschede.
authors.forename: Ivo A M J
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Broeders
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical; D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands; D010820:Physicians; D013334:Students; D013672:Technology / Q000193:education*