A Classical Education in Medicine

 Trivium Applied  

Questions & Answers

Q.      What is "The Trivium  Approach"?

A.      Tri- is the Latin word for “three” and vium means a “road”. The road to learning.

Q.     Where did the Trivium approach originate from?

A.      The Mediaevals used it, the Romans used it, the Greeks used it, and the Hebrews observed these principles in their teaching. The Bible is the source of the Trivium.

Q.      What is the "Trivium applied to Family Medicine"?

A.       Specifically applied to Family Medicine it means to learn the what, how, where, when and why of Family Medicine.

Q.      What is Family Medicine? A medical specialty involving treatment, diseases and   injury.

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Q.      What is the Trivium in Family Medicine Courses?

A.       Trivium is the Latin word, which means 3 roads to learning.  These are the names of the 3 roads to learning:  These are the tools for learning medicine.

1.  Grammar Stage: (knowledge) What is the study of Family Medicine?                 

2.  Logic       Stage: (understanding) How do I study Family Medicine?

3.  Rhetoric   Stage: (wisdom) When and where do I use this knowledge of Family  Medicine?

Q.      Why should I learn Family medicine through the "Trivium"?

A.       Because the Trivium model of learning is first based on scripture, secondly, medical education that is built on it facilitates purpose, direction and execution.  Whereas, learning family medicine through dismembered text book approaches, creates a faulty framework for diagnosis and treatment.   

 Deuteronomy 6:7-9

Q.     How does the Trivium work when applied to the study of Family Medicine?

A.       The Trivium is natural and orderly.

First a parent/student seeks out the knowledge stage about an illness, injury or other medical issue.

Secondly, a parent/student seeks to understand the progression of that illness and its liabilities to complications.    

Lastly a parent/student seeks to understand the knowledge he has acquired on a particular illness and then execute the proper treatment plan.

Q.     How do I teach/learn Family Medicine?

A.     I listed some How-to here:  Build a Medical Infrastructure at Home     Trivium Applied to Family Medicine     Join the APMformulators E-List for discussions on How to’s.

Summary

The Objective in studying family medicine through the trivium approach is service to God, whereby our posterity learn how to distinguish between the holy and the profane in the medical arena. The present medical system does teach the Trivium. God is not referenced in its medical philosophies. Further, it is in accordance with secular claims to medical (knowledge) informatics. 

Maribel Hernandez

www.APMFormulators.com