02506nam 2200565Ia 450 991052467590332120200520144314.00-8018-9840-4(CKB)2550000000010485(OCoLC)608691509(CaPaEBR)ebrary10375799(SSID)ssj0000426561(PQKBManifestationID)11289825(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000426561(PQKBWorkID)10393347(PQKB)10336679(MiAaPQ)EBC3318545(MdBmJHUP)muse1412(Au-PeEL)EBL3318545(CaPaEBR)ebr10375799(OCoLC)923194786(EXLCZ)99255000000001048520090519d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrQuestioning the premedical paradigm enhancing diversity in the medical profession a century after the Flexner report /Donald A. Barr1st ed.Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Pressc20101 online resource (241 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8018-9416-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Premedical educationUnited StatesMedical educationUnited StatesPremedical educationMedical education610.71/173Barr Donald A12495MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910524675903321Questioning the Premedical Paradigm2605777UNINA