Folks who read my blog know that I’m very interested in medical education. Today’s Chronicle of Higher Education references two very interesting curricular programs, one at the University of Missouri Kansas City and the other at Duke. The Missouri program is actually quite mature (35 years) and facilitates an early medical degree by integration with a baccalaureate program. The Duke program is a bit more interesting in that it modifies the medical curriculum to facilitate clinical clerkships and research opportunities in years M3 and M4–the goal being more clinical researchers.
I additionally bring to your attention a new call for Flexner II from Academic Medicine. That meme seems to be expanding.
Jim
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