Title: MEDICAL EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES 1979-1980
Abstract: This is the 80th Annual Report on Medical Education in the United States. first report appeared on Sept 21, 1901, inThe Journal. From the first year, this annual report has appeared in the EDUCATION ISSUE ofThe Journal. scope of medical education has expanded and become more complex over the past eight decades. five bound volumes of the EDUCATION ISSUE provide a historical record of the development of medical education in the United States. In the first EDUCATION ISSUE, Dr W. S. Christopher 1 defined the aim of medical education with this statement: It is the function of the physician to practice medicine; it is, therefore, the duty of the medical college to train him for that work. In the same article he wrote: The work of the medical colleges 20 years ago was such that almost any change in it was a change in the
Publication Year: 1980
Publication Date: 1980-12-26
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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