Educating physicians [electronic resource] : a call for reform of medical school and residency / Molly Cooke, David M. Irby, Bridget C. O'Brien ; foreword by Lee S. Shulman.

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"Emerging 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. The text addresses key issues for the future of the field and takes a comprehensiv...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cooke, Molly
Corporate Author:	Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Other Authors:	Irby, David M., 1944- O'Brien, Bridget C.
Language:	English
Published:	San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2010.
Edition:	1st ed.
Series:	Preparation for the professions series. Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series.
Subjects:	Medical education > United States. Residents (Medicine) > United States.
Online Access:	ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2010 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
Variant Title:	Educating Physicians: A Call for Reform of Medical School and Residency
Format:	Electronic eBook

Contents:

Educating physicians: context and challenges
Being a doctor: foundations of professional education
The student's experience: undergraduate medical education
The resident's experience: graduate medical education
Regulating and financing medical education
Leadership for organizational change
Realizing the vision: transforming medical education
Supporting excellence through effective policy.