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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792327503321

Autore

Cooke Molly

Titolo

Educating physicians [[electronic resource] ] : a call for reform of medical school and residency / / Molly Cooke, David M. Irby, Bridget C. O'Brien ; foreword by Lee S. Shulman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, : Jossey-Bass, c2010

ISBN

0-470-61764-0

1-282-68468-X

9786612684685

0-470-61763-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (323 p.)

Collana

Preparation for the professions series

Altri autori (Persone)

IrbyDavid M. <1944->

O'BrienBridget C

Disciplina

610.71/173

Soggetti

Medical education - United States

Residents (Medicine) - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Educating physicians: context and challenges -- Being a doctor: foundations of professional education -- The student's experience: undergraduate medical education -- The resident's experience: graduate medical education -- Regulating and financing medical education -- Leadership for organizational change -- Realizing the vision: transforming medical education -- Supporting excellence through effective policy.

Sommario/riassunto

"Emerging from a study of physician education by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Educating Physicians calls for a major overhaul of the present approach to preparing doctors for their careers. The text addresses key issues for the future of the field and takes a comprehensive look at the most pressing concerns in physician education today. Like the Carnegie Foundation's revolutionizing Flexner Report of 1910, Educating Physicians is destined to change the way administrators and faculty in medical schools and programs prepare their physicians for the future"--



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