?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Infusing+the+Interdisciplinary+into+Medical%2F+Health+Sciences+Education%3A+Vitamins+or+Vaccines%3F%0A&rft.creator=Chatterjee+MBBS+MA+PhD%2C+Nilesh&rft.subject=MEO+Peer+Reviewed&rft.description=Academic+medical+institutions+have+responded+to+recent+changes+and+challenges+confronting+the+health+care+system+with+various+recommendations+for+curricular+reform%3B+many+grouped+under+the+rubric+of+interdisciplinary+training.+The+ultimate+goal+is+to+create+physicians%2C+with+mastery+over+specialized+knowledge%2C+who+can+practice+cost-effective%2C+humanized+medicine.+This+article+elaborates+a+conceptual+classification+system+that+categorizes+curricular+reform+recommendations+into+one+of+two+approaches+%E2%80%93+Vitamins+or+Vaccines+%E2%80%93+that+highlights+differences+in+the+processes+of+curricular+reform+programs.+Programs+seeking+the+same+goal+may+create+different+types+of+practitioners+depending+on+the+approach+dominating+the+professional+training+and+socialization+process.+The+Vitamins+approach+is+reactive%2C+supplemental%2C+and+incremental%2C+often+imparting+instruction+instead+of+education.+The+Vaccines+approach+is+proactive%2C+addresses+fundamental+factors%2C+and+seeks+long-term+solutions+from+a+preventive+perspective.+As+educators%2C+our+choice+of+approach%2C+Vitamins+or+Vaccines%2C+for+curricular+reform+will+determine+how+academia+prepares+physicians+for+the+future&rft.date=2002-04&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2368%2F1%2Ff0000033.pdf&rft.identifier=++Chatterjee+MBBS+MA+PhD%2C+Nilesh++(2002)+Infusing+the+Interdisciplinary+into+Medical%2F+Health+Sciences+Education%3A+Vitamins+or+Vaccines%3F++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2368%2F