Flexner: 75 Years Later : a Current Commentary on Medical EducationCharles Vevier In this new era of health care and high cost, insistent social demand, and advanced research and technology, there is a strong call among leaders and individual critics for change in the practices and operations in medical education. In the spirit of Abraham Flexner's 1910 Report on Medical Education in the United States and Canada, this book presents a lively critique of the state of today's medical education |
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THE FLEXNER REPORT AND CHANGE IN MEDICAL EDUCATION | |
MEDICAL EDUCATION THE PROCESS STUDENTS TEACHERS AND PATIENTS | 13 |
ITS PURPOSE AND ITS PROBLEMS | 31 |
THE PHYSICIANTHEN NOW AND TOMORROW | 43 |
IMPACT OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES ON A CHANGING DELIVERY SYSTEM | 59 |
A FLEXNERIAN TASK 75 YEARS LATER | 73 |
Contributors | 109 |
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