Flexner revisited: The role and value of the basic sciences in medical education

Academic Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 349-355

  Finnerty, Edward P ^a   Chauvin, Sheila ^b   Bonaminio, Giulia ^c   Andrews, Mark ^d   Carroll, Robert G ^e   Pangaro, Louis N ^f  

^a Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SETON HILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 76549114435     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181c88b09     Document Type: Article

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