Medical education in the United States and Canada

Name: Medical education in the United States and Canada
Author: Abraham Flexner

by Abraham Flexner · 1910

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A landmark work which precipitated major reforms in medical education. It recommended closing commercial schools and reducing the overall number of medical schools from 155 to 31, with the aim of raising standards. Includes frank evaluative sketches of each school based on site visits by the author.

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