How do we Defne a Medical School? Reflections on the occasion of the centennial of the Flexner Report
Journal Title: Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal - Year 2010, Vol 10, Issue 2
Abstract
A century after the Flexner Report on medical education in North America, which revolutionised the training of medical doctors all over the world, it is time to revisit this famous document and analyse symptoms and signs of a return to pre-Flexnerian conditions. With the ongoing mushroom growth over the last decades of small, proprietary educational institutions of low quality and driven by for-proft purposes, medical education is in a threatened position. Tis trend is of general international interest because of the increasing migration of medical doctors. Tere is a need for discussion of what should be the rational criteria and basic requirements for establishing new medical schools.
Authors and Affiliations
Hans Karle| Ofce of the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME), Panum Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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