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The Flexner Report--100 years later.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21966046     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The Flexner Report of 1910 transformed the nature and process of medical education in America with a resulting elimination of proprietary schools and the establishment of the biomedical model as the gold standard of medical training. This transformation occurred in the aftermath of the report, which embraced scientific knowledge and its advancement as the defining ethos of a modern physician. Such an orientation had its origins in the enchantment with German medical education that was spurred by the exposure of American educators and physicians at the turn of the century to the university medical schools of Europe. American medicine profited immeasurably from the scientific advances that this system allowed, but the hyper-rational system of German science created an imbalance in the art and science of medicine. A catching-up is under way to realign the professional commitment of the physician with a revision of medical education to achieve that purpose.
Authors:
Thomas P Duffy
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Historical Article; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Yale journal of biology and medicine     Volume:  84     ISSN:  1551-4056     ISO Abbreviation:  Yale J Biol Med     Publication Date:  2011 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-10-03     Completed Date:  2012-01-26     Revised Date:  2012-04-27    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0417414     Medline TA:  Yale J Biol Med     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  269-76     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright © 2011.
Affiliation:
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA. thomas.p.duffy@yale.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Education, Medical / history*,  standards
History, 20th Century
Humans
Physicians
Schools, Medical / history*,  standards
United States
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