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Computer Science: The Third Pillar of Medical Education
Department of Surgery,Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, USA
Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA
Department of Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, USA
Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA
- 1 Department of Surgery,Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, USA
- 2 Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA
- 3 Department of Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, USA
- 4 Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA
Creative Education·Volume 03 (2012)·Pages 807–810·Published 23 October 2012·DOI10.4236/ce.2012.326120
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Abstract
In 2001, The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) attributed substantial problems in the quality of American medicine to four domains: growing complexity of science and technology; the increase in chronic conditions; a poorly organized delivery system; and constraints on exploiting the revolution in information technology (IT). Although all of these domains have been improved by IT systems within the last decade, the U.S. health care systems has been slow to adopt these developments. We propose one way to combat such quality problems by incorporating a medicine-specific computer science (CS) curriculum as the third of Abraham Flexner’s pillars of medical education.
KeywordsInformation TechnologyComputer ScienceMedical Education
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