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Presidential address: The origins and evolution of the Mayo Clinic from 1864 to 1939: a Minnesota family practice becomes an international "medical Mecca".
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21037395     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
This paper describes the origins and international impact of the Mayo Clinic through 1939. Multispecialty group practice was invented at the clinic a century ago. A visiting Canadian physician wrote in 1906, "Specialization and cooperation, with the best that can be had in each department, is here the motto. Cannot these principles be tried elsewhere?" Mayo Clinic's major (and underappreciated) role in the development of rigorous postgraduate (specialty) training is addressed. Unlike traditional academic medical centers that emphasize research, Mayo's main mission has always been patient care. This activity has been undertaken in an environment enriched by extensive programs devoted to specialty training and clinical research.
Authors:
W Bruce Fye
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Addresses; Biography; Historical Article; Portraits; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Bulletin of the history of medicine     Volume:  84     ISSN:  0007-5140     ISO Abbreviation:  Bull Hist Med     Publication Date:  2010  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-11-01     Completed Date:  2010-12-17     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0141233     Medline TA:  Bull Hist Med     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  323-57     Citation Subset:  IM; Q    
Affiliation:
Mayo Clinic, Mayo Clinic Center for Medical History, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Academic Medical Centers / history*,  organization & administration
Family Practice / history
General Surgery / history
Group Practice / history
History, 19th Century
Hospitals, General / history
Humans
Minnesota
Models, Organizational
World War I
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
1-G13-LM007922-01A1/LM/NLM NIH HHS
Personal Name Subject
Personal Name Subject:
William Worrall Mayo; Charles Horace Mayo; William James Mayo

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