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ArticleInteractive journal of medical research2026

Rethinking Basic Science Teaching in Medical Education: A Viewpoint on Its Past, Present, and Future.

Kátia M Avena, Ana Paula A Brito, Luiz F Quintanilha, Mariana Araújo-Pereira, Bruno B Andrade

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Article in Interactive journal of medical research, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Kátia M AvenaInstituto Monster de Ensino, Assistência, Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico em Saúde, Av. Luís Viana Filho, 3230Imbuí, Salvador, Bahia, 41720-200, Brazil, +55 71 3511-4840.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2179-3893
Ana Paula A BritoUniversidade do Estado da Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7509-203X
Luiz F QuintanilhaSchool of Medicine, Faculdade Zarns Salvador, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8911-9806
Mariana Araújo-PereiraInstituto Monster de Ensino, Assistência, Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico em Saúde, Av. Luís Viana Filho, 3230Imbuí, Salvador, Bahia, 41720-200, Brazil, +55 71 3511-4840.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1141-1580
Bruno B AndradeInstituto Monster de Ensino, Assistência, Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico em Saúde, Av. Luís Viana Filho, 3230Imbuí, Salvador, Bahia, 41720-200, Brazil, +55 71 3511-4840.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6833-3811

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unlabelled: Basic sciences remain a cornerstone of medical education, but the terms of the debate about their importance have changed. The central risk is no longer their formal exclusion from medical curricula but their curricular invisibility: the gradual dilution of mechanistic reasoning within integrated, technology-mediated, and institutionally unequal training environments. In this Viewpoint, we revisit the past, present, and future of basic science teaching to argue that reform must protect conceptual progression, curricular visibility, and clinical transfer. Active learning, curricular integration, digital tools, and AI may strengthen scientific literacy, but only when they are anchored in faculty development, institutional support, and explicit commitments to rigor and equity.

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basic sciencesmedical educationmedical schoolsmedical trainingpedagogytechnology

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PMCPMC13411432

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