The Flexner Report--100 years later

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...

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Published in:The Yale journal of biology & medicine 2011-09, Vol.84 (3), p.269-276
Main Author: Duffy, Thomas P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Education, Medical - history
Education, Medical - standards
Historical s in Medical Education
History, 20th Century
Humans
Laboratories
Medical education
Medical schools
Medicine
Philosophy
Physicians
Schools, Medical - history
Schools, Medical - standards
Scientists
Secondary schools
Students
United States
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0044-0086
1551-4056