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Flexner Centenary Collection
February 2010 – Academic Medicine

The State of Diversity in the Health Professions A Century After Flexner
February 2010 – Academic Medicine
"Although the 1910 Flexner Report recommended the closure of a large number of operating medical schools, its impact was disproportionately felt on minority schools. The report's recommendations resulted in the closure of five out of seven predominantly black medical schools. Also noteworthy about the report was Flexner's utilitarian argument that black physicians should serve as sanitarians and hygienists for black communities in villages and plantations."  Read More…

Stimulus Money Funds Doctors
January 26, 2010 - CNN

Underrepresentation of Underrepresented Minorities in Academic Medicine: The Need to Enhance the Pipeline and the Pipe
January 2010 - Gastroenterology
"The number of underrepresented minorities (URMs; black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander) among US medical school faculty is markedly low when compared with their respective percent representation of the US population."  Read More…

Future of Medical Education in Canada (FMEC): A Collective Vision for MD Education
February 2010 - The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada
"Just as Abraham Flexner's report did 100 years ago, The Future of Medical Education in Canada (FMEC) project looks at how the education programs leading to the medical doctor (MD) degree in Canada can best respond to society's evolving needs. In turn, the FMEC project is rooted in the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada's (AFMC's) articulated social accountability mission for medical schools."  Read More…

SUMMARY: The Teaching Health Center Roundtable - Preparing Residents for Primary Care Practice
October 27, 2009 - Medical Education Futures Study
"While patient care increasingly occurs in ambulatory settings, medical education occurs mainly in inpatient hospital facilities.  This produces a health care workforce whose skills and experiences are poorly matched to the primary care needs of the population.  The Teaching Health Center model moves residency education from the hospital to the community.  Developing residency programs within community-based ambulatory primary care settings such as health centers, with the appropriate infrastructure investment, will ultimately produce a primary care workforce ready to deliver health care in a reformed, cost-effective system.  Teaching in health centers will also bolster the health center workforce by increasing recruitment and retention for existing staff and providing a pool of graduates to recruit in the future."  Read More...