daup h i n c m s .o rg A PERSONAL REFLECTION ON Changes in Medical Education By DENNIS GINGRICH, MD A s I reflect on the many changes over the decades in medical education, I look back to my own educational experience. As a graduate of Penn State Hershey in 1976, and having returned to serve on faculty in 1985 and teaching continuously since that time, I am provided with a unique opportunity to examine the evolution of medical education through the lens of experience at that school. In practice, the most obvious changes over the decades are technological. CT scans were emerging while I was in residency, and MRI's were unknown at that time. In terms of data storage and retrieval, the internet and personal computers developed well after I completed all of my medical school and residency education, and therefore required self-training in usage. The maturing of team-based care and emergence of advanced practice providers also occurred in Continued on page 12 Central PA Medicine Spring 2020 11