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UNINA9910524675903321 |
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Autore |
Barr Donald A |
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Titolo |
Questioning the premedical paradigm : enhancing diversity in the medical profession a century after the Flexner report / / Donald A. Barr |
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Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2010 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (241 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Premedical education - United States |
Medical education - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This historical and cultural analysis of premedical education in the United States is the crucial first step in questioning the appropriateness of continuing a hundred-year-old, empirically dubious pedagogical model for the twenty-first century. |
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