Medical education in the United States and Canada :
a report to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching /
by Abraham Flexner ; with an introduction by Henry S. Pritchett.

Description

Main Author: Flexner, Abraham, 1866-1959
Related Names: Updike, Daniel Berkeley, 1860-1941, printer.
Pritchett, Henry S. (Henry Smith), 1857-1939
Merrymount Press
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Language(s): English
Published: New York City : [Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching], c1910
Subjects: Education, Medical > Education, Medical / United States.
Medicine > Medicine / Study and teaching > Medicine / Study and teaching / Canada.
Medicine > Medicine / Study and teaching > Medicine / Study and teaching / United States
Medical education > Medical education / United States
Medical education > Medical education / Canada.
Medical colleges > Medical colleges / United States
Medical colleges > Medical colleges / Canada.
Education, Medical.
Education, Medical
Canada
United States
Summary: 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.
Physical Description: xvii, 346 p. : maps ; 26 cm.
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