RT Journal
A1 Hirsch J
T1 SOcial responsibility of medical schools
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 1969
FD July 1
VO 124
IS 1
SP 113
OP 114
DO 10.1001/archinte.1969.00300170115022
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1969.00300170115022
AB A study sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges and supported by the Commonwealth Fund has asked American medical schools "to make sweeping changes in the way they educate physicians for tomorrow." Five major points were covered:Medical Schools must increase their output of physicians.Increased numbers of students should be admitted from geographic areas and from economic and ethnic groups that are inadequately represented today.The medical student's training must be individualized to fit various rates of achievement, educational background, and career goals.Medical school curriculum should be developed by interdepartmental groups that include students.The medical schools must now assume a responsibility for education and research in the organization and delivery of health services.To anyone who has reflected on the health needs of the nation, these are eminently desirable goals; in fact, the need for changes which can lead to better