A 3-Year M.D. — Accelerating Careers, Diminishing Debt
- 19 September 2013
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 369 (12), 1085-1087
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmp1304681
Abstract
It's been more than 100 years since Abraham Flexner proposed the current model for medical education in North America: 2 years of basic science instruction followed by 2 years of clinical experience.1 Over the past several decades, major changes have caused the medical community to reconsider current educational models. These changes include increasing education costs, shifts in health care needs, the demographics of the applicant pool, and many scientific, pharmacologic, and technological advances resulting in increased specialization of physicians.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Shortening Medical Training by 30%JAMA, 2012
- A History of Medical Student Debt: Observations and Implications for the Future of Medical EducationAcademic Medicine, 2011
- Calls for Reform of Medical Education by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching: 1910 and 2010Academic Medicine, 2010