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The Physician as an Educated Person-Reply

The Physician as an Educated Person-Reply In Reply.— In all of the previous letters there seems to be recognition that changes in medical education are occurring. I was aware that innovations in both medical student selection and shifts in curriculum were being made in many more schools than those cited in my commentary. I was not aware, however, that the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine was offering a combined program leading to both baccalaureate and medical degrees to applicants directly from high school. The plan seems well conceived. I am sympathetic with the problems stated and inferred in the last two letters. Unlike most students, Mr Harper is asking for even more direction from both premedical and medical faculties as to what to study and how to do it, without too much soul-searching on his part to determine his ultimate goals. In his example of treating a bricklayer with a slipped disk, he indulges http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

The Physician as an Educated Person-Reply

JAMA , Volume 249 (1) – Jan 7, 1983

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American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1983 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
ISSN
0098-7484
eISSN
1538-3598
DOI
10.1001/jama.1983.03330250014010
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Abstract

In Reply.— In all of the previous letters there seems to be recognition that changes in medical education are occurring. I was aware that innovations in both medical student selection and shifts in curriculum were being made in many more schools than those cited in my commentary. I was not aware, however, that the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine was offering a combined program leading to both baccalaureate and medical degrees to applicants directly from high school. The plan seems well conceived. I am sympathetic with the problems stated and inferred in the last two letters. Unlike most students, Mr Harper is asking for even more direction from both premedical and medical faculties as to what to study and how to do it, without too much soul-searching on his part to determine his ultimate goals. In his example of treating a bricklayer with a slipped disk, he indulges

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JAMAAmerican Medical Association

Published: Jan 7, 1983

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