单选题
Passage Three
In February 2019, The Kaiser Permanent health system announced a new kind of medical school.The school would be built “from the ground up” to prepare students for the complexities of the U.S.medical system.The curriculum would emphasize cultural competency, patient and provider well-being, mental health and the elimination of socioeconomic disparities in the medical system.
Students would see patients right away, and hands-on learning would replace many lectures.What’s more, the first five graduating classes would pay nothing to attend; Kaiser hoped this would attract students more diverse than the typical U.S.medical schools.“The school will help shape the future of medical education,” said Kaiser CEO Bernard J.Tyson, who died unexpectedly of a heart attack, about nine months after the announcement.
That future felt a good deal more urgent by the time the Kaiser Permanent Bernard J.Tyson School of Medicine opened its doors in Pasadena, Calif., in July 2020.The COVID-19 pandemic had put almost every facet of normal life on hold, and the medical system was scrambling to treat millions of patients with a new and terrifying disease, the majority of them black and brown.The streets were filled with people protesting police brutality and racism, as a nation that had long overslept awoke to the disparities woven into almost every American institution.“Our country doesn’t just have a pandemic.It also has a renewed recognition of centuries of racism,” says Kaiser’s founding dean, Dr.Mark Schuster.“We need to make sure that our students understand our history.”
Kaiser isn’t alone there, of course.Medical schools all over the world have had to adjust on the fly, in ways both practical and ideological.First, schools had to figure out how to remotely train students in skills taught hands-on before lockdowns.Then, in the U.S., schools were also forced to grapple with their roles in a health care system that often fails to keep Black and brown patients well.That meant learning how to produce doctors who could help chip away at those disparities moving forward.With no warning and no instruction manual, medical schools are figuring out how to train a generation of postpandemic doctors for a world still taking shape.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】根据文章最后一段倒数第二句“That meant learning how to produce doctors who could help chip away at those disparities moving forward.”可知，医学院要培养那些能够帮助消除种族差异的医生，即要培养医生的职业道德。B选项符合文章内容，故为正确答案。根据最后一段第一句“Kaiser isn’t alone there, of course.”可知凯撒医学院不是唯一做出改变的学校、故A选项表述错误。文章内容提及医生要帮助消除种族差异，并不是黑人跟棕色人种来消除，故C选项表述错误。根据最后一段最后一句“With no warning and no instruction manual, medical schools are figuring out how to train a generation of postpandemic doctors for a world still taking shape.”，可知对于如何培养学生仍是探索阶段，并没有借鉴经验，故D选项表述错误。
【全文翻译】
2019年2月，凯撒永久医疗系统宣布了一种新型医学院。这所学校将“从零开始”建设，培养学生为美国复杂的医疗体系做好准备。该课程将强调文化能力、病人和医生的福利、心理健康和消除医疗系统中的社会经济差距。
学生们可以马上见到病人，动手学习将取代很多讲座学习。更重要的是，前五届毕业班无需支付任何费用。凯撒希望这将比典型的美国医学院能吸引更多样化的学生。凯撒的首席执行官伯纳德·j·泰森说，这所学校将帮助塑造医学教育的未来。据报道，泰森在宣布这一消息的9个月后心脏病发作，意外身亡。
2020年7月，凯撒永久伯纳德·j·泰森医学院在加州帕萨迪纳开学时，这种前景显得更加紧迫。新冠疫情让正常生活的方方面面都陷入了停滞，医疗系统正忙于治疗数百万患有这种可怕疾病的患者，其中大多数是黑人和棕色人种。街道上挤满了抗议警察暴行和种族主义的人，这个长期睡过头的国家意识到几乎每个美国机构都存在着不平等。他说：“我们的国家不仅有疫情。它也重新认识了几个世纪以来的种族主义，”凯撒学院的创始院长马克·舒斯特博士说。“我们需要确保学生了解我们的历史。”
当然，并不是只有凯撒一个人在这样做。世界各地的医学院都不得不在实践和思想上不断调整。首先，学校必须弄清楚如何在封锁前远程教学生技能。然后，在美国，学校还被迫应对自己在医疗体系中扮演的角色，因为这个体系常常无法保障黑人和棕色人种的健康。这意味着要学习培养那些能够帮助消除这些差距的医生。在没有任何警示和指导手册的情况下，医学院正在研究如何为仍在重塑的国家培养疫情后的一代医生。