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Book SynopsisEmerging from a study of physician education by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Educating Physicians calls for a major overhaul of the present approach to preparing doctors for their careers.
Table of ContentsForeword: On the Shoulders of Flexner v
Acknowledgments xiii
About the Authors xv
Introduction 1
Part One Today’s Practice, Yesterday’s Legacy, Tomorrow’s Challenges
1. Educating Physicians: Context and Challenges 11
2. Being a Doctor: Foundations of Professional Education 34
Part Two Learning the Physician’s Work
3. The Student’s Experience: Undergraduate Medical Education 75
4. The Resident’s Experience: Graduate Medical Education 113
Part Three External Pressures and Internal Forces for Change
5. Regulating and Financing Medical Education 163
6. Leadership for Organizational Change 189
Part Four Meeting Tomorrow’s Challenges: A Vision of the Possible
7. Realizing the Vision: Transforming Medical Education 213
8. Supporting Excellence Through Effective Policy 247
References 257
Name Index 285
Subject Index 293
