| Commentary: Are we ready to embrace the rest of the Flexner Report? | |
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PMID: 20980850 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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At the start of the 20th century, Abraham Flexner proposed a number of reforms for medical education in his seminal 1910 report, Medical Education in the United States and Canada. His recommendations were wide ranging, including a strong scientific basis, use of pedagogical methods, and faculty whose principal role is that of educator. Of these, reforms in science education for medicine received the widest attention and revolutionized physicians' intellectual foundations for medical practice. But what of Flexner's other suggested reforms, those skills needed to develop "the educated man" who can meet the "greatly modified ethical responsibility" of modern medical practice? As the 21st century begins, Flexner's ideas on these other subjects he considered critical for physician training are reappearing in the medical education literature. If history is a guide, medical education could be on the cusp of another set of great advances by renewing interest in medical humanities, reevaluating the makeup of medical school teaching faculty, and seeking innovations in pedagogy to facilitate active and integrated learning. The time is ripe to embrace the rest of the Flexner Report. |
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Authors:
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Garrett Riggs |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges Volume: 85 ISSN: 1938-808X ISO Abbreviation: Acad Med Publication Date: 2010 Nov |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-10-28 Completed Date: 2010-12-02 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8904605 Medline TA: Acad Med Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1669-71 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando, Florida 32827, USA. ghriggs@mail.ucf.edu |
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Curriculum
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trends* Diffusion of Innovation Education, Medical / standards, trends* Faculty, Medical Humanities / education Humans Models, Educational* Schools, Medical / organization & administration* Teaching / methods* United States |
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