Curricular Injustice - How U.S. Medical Schools Reproduce Inequalities

Lauren D. Olsen argues that the way medical students encounter humanities and social sciences material in practice has served to reinforce the status quo by teaching them to individualize systemic problems.

List of contents

Preface
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Curricular Practices and Professional Power
2. Profession-Wide Curricular Dreams
3. Designing Curricular Practices at Each Medical School
4. Enacting Curricular Practices in the Classroom
5. Receiving Curricular Practices
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Methodological Appendix: Data Sources and Research Design
Notes
Bibliography

About the author

Lauren D. Olsen is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology within the College of Liberal Arts at Temple University.

Summary

Lauren D. Olsen argues that the way medical students encounter humanities and social sciences material in practice has served to reinforce the status quo by teaching them to individualize systemic problems.

Product details

• Authors: Lauren D. Olsen
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.07.2024
• EAN: 9780231207874
• ISBN: 978-0-231-20787-4
• No. of pages: 312
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; USA, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, Social discrimination & inequality, United States of America, USA, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Health systems & services, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Health systems and services, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, Social discrimination and social justice, social science; medical