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Letters, Comments, and Corrections1 August 1972Engel Unopposed?CHASE PATTERSON KIMBALL, M.D.CHASE PATTERSON KIMBALL, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-77-2-318_2 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the editor: It is perhaps reductionistic to suggest that the current ferment over medical curriculum changes relates only to a crisis in health care and physician shortage (1, 2).Rather, much of the controversy addresses itself to other deficiencies prevalent in educational pedagogy and in the delivery of health services. Among these are the following:1. The method of teaching the basic sciences as they have been and are currently taught in most medical schools is often archaic. Many students enter medical school with better preparation in one third of these subjects than what the diluted and frequently ill-prepared...
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