Medical education for a healthier population: Reflections on the Flexner report from a public health perspective

Academic Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 211-219

  Maeshiro, Rika ^a   Johnson, Ian ^b   Koo, Denise ^c   Parboosingh, Jean ^d   Carney, Jan K ^e   Gesundheit, Neil ^f   Ho, Evelyn T ^f   Butler Jones, David ^g,p   Donovan, Denise ^h   Finkelstein, Jonathan A ⁱ   Bennett, Nancy M ^j   Shore, Barbie ^k   McCurdy, Stephen A ^l   Novick, Lloyd F ^m   Velarde, Lily Dow ⁿ   Dent, M Marie ^o   Banchoff, Ann ^f   Cohen, Laurence ^c  

^a ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d Faculties of Medicine of Canada   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Department of Canada ^*  (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

ⁱ HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^o MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^p PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 76549108822     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181c885d8     Document Type: Article

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