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Return to Proprietary Apprentice Medical Education?

Return to Proprietary Apprentice Medical Education? To the Editor.— I report an alarming occurrence that colleagues inform me is not at all unusual. A medical student attending a proprietary medical school in Mexico requested that he spend his entire neurology clerkship passively observing my hospital rounds. There was no requirement for his working up patients, let alone critique of his neurological examination and diagnostic and therapeutic formulations. Nevertheless, he stated he would be given full credit by his medical school for neurology, merely on my stipulation that he did, in fact, spend a month with me. I assume that he would also be required to pass a formal written examination. It thus appears that we are going full circle, returning to the pre-Flexner days of proprietary apprenticeship medical education. Hence the danger that the advances in scientific medicine will be jeopardized by those who have a poor background in clinical medical science. It may be that http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

Return to Proprietary Apprentice Medical Education?

JAMA , Volume 251 (22) – Jun 8, 1984

Return to Proprietary Apprentice Medical Education?

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To the Editor.—
I report an alarming occurrence that colleagues inform me is not at all unusual. A medical student attending a proprietary medical school in Mexico requested that he spend his entire neurology clerkship passively observing my hospital rounds. There was no requirement for his working up patients, let alone critique of his neurological examination and diagnostic and therapeutic formulations. Nevertheless, he stated he would be given full credit by his medical school for...
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Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1984 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
ISSN
0098-7484
eISSN
1538-3598
DOI
10.1001/jama.1984.03340460017005
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Abstract

To the Editor.— I report an alarming occurrence that colleagues inform me is not at all unusual. A medical student attending a proprietary medical school in Mexico requested that he spend his entire neurology clerkship passively observing my hospital rounds. There was no requirement for his working up patients, let alone critique of his neurological examination and diagnostic and therapeutic formulations. Nevertheless, he stated he would be given full credit by his medical school for neurology, merely on my stipulation that he did, in fact, spend a month with me. I assume that he would also be required to pass a formal written examination. It thus appears that we are going full circle, returning to the pre-Flexner days of proprietary apprenticeship medical education. Hence the danger that the advances in scientific medicine will be jeopardized by those who have a poor background in clinical medical science. It may be that

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JAMAAmerican Medical Association

Published: Jun 8, 1984

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