Morituri Te Salutamus!
1975; American Medical Association; Volume: 233; Issue: 13 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1001/jama.1975.03260130014008
ISSN1538-3598
Autores Tópico(s)Innovations in Medical Education
ResumoTo the Editor.— An occasional antiquated remnant of the pre-Flexner era is still present on the current medical scene. This vestige of an ancient time represents a true liaison between the now worried Gown and the all too busy Town. This Ancient One is the volunteer who, through various interests, goals, persuasions, and threats (re: hospitalization of his patients in a university medical center) used to work in academia while he struggled in practica . In the old days, this was a necessary tolerance for the practitioner because of the inadequate funding of a department in which he was interested. In brief, at the present time, such a creature is needed to bring realism and clinical teaching for the misguided medical students wandering through now "leaning ivory towers." Many of these students are going into private practice, not academia. Too frequently, the complete teaching of medical students is done by nonclinical
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