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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456574303321

Autore

Barr Donald A

Titolo

Questioning the Premedical Paradigm : Enhancing Diversity in the Medical Profession a Century after the Flexner Report / / Donald A. Barr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

0-8018-9840-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

610.71/173

Soggetti

Physicians - United States

Cultural Diversity - United States

Education, Premedical - United States

Premedical education - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-219) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Who drops out of premed, and why? -- The historical origins of premedical education in the United States, 1873-1905 -- A national standard for premedical education -- Premedical education and the prediction of professional performance -- Noncognitive factors that predict professional performance -- Efforts to increase the diversity of the medical profession -- Nontraditional programs of medical education and their success in training qualified physicians -- Reassessing the premedical paradigm -- Another way to structure premedical education.