Abstract
Book review: Basics in medical education
Highlights
The Flexner report and Abraham Flexner occupy a dominant place in modern western medical education
It may surprise many of you to know that Flexner was not a medical educator and not even a medical doctor. He was a headmaster of a little known school in the United States. This is one of the interesting facts I discovered in the book titled ‘Basics in medical education’ by two medical educators from the National University of Singapore
I was pleased to be reminded about the ‘role’ of basic science departments opening the floodgates of knowledge convinced their subject is the most important in medicine
Summary
The Flexner report and Abraham Flexner occupy a dominant place in modern western medical education. Flexner suggested the traditional basic sciences and clinical sciences division of medical education and emphasized the ‘science’ of medicine. This is one of the interesting facts I discovered in the book titled ‘Basics in medical education’ by two medical educators from the National University of Singapore. Reforms have concentrated on integrated learning of the basic science subjects and underlining their importance in the practice of medicine.
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