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Medical education seems to be in a perpetual state of unrest. From the early 1900s to the present, more than a score of reports from foundations, educational bodies, and professional task forces have criticized medical education for emphasizing scientific knowledge over biologic understanding, clinical reasoning, practical skill, and the development of character, compassion, and integrity.^1,2,3,4 How did this situation arise, and what can be done about it? In this article, which introduces a new series on medical education in the Journal, we summarize the changes in medical education over the past century and describe the current challenges, using as a . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Abraham Flexner and American Medical Education

Transformation of Medicine in the 20th Century

Learning Medicine as Professional Education

Preparing Physicians for the 21st Century

Finding the Will to Change

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From the Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (M.C., D.M.I.); the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Stanford, CA (M.C., D.M.I., W.S.); and the Department of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis (K.M.L.).

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Medical Education after the Flexner Report
Huwendiek S., Mennin S., Nikendei C., Schwartz J. D., Kindman L. A., Wartman S. A., Cooke M., Irby D. M., Ludmerer K.
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