Barr, Donald A.

Questioning the premedical paradigm : enhancing diversity in the medical profession a century after the Flexner report / [print] Donald A. Barr. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2010. - 1 online resource (xii, 226 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographies and index.

Who drops out of premed, and why? -- The historical origins of premedical education in the United States, 1873-1905 -- A national standard for premedical education -- Premedical education and the prediction of professional performance -- Noncognitive factors that predict professional performance -- Efforts to increase the diversity of the medical profession -- Nontraditional programs of medical education and their success in training qualified physicians -- Reassessing the premedical paradigm -- Another way to structure premedical education.



9780801898402

2009020308

101505385 DNLM


Premedical education--United States.
Cultural pluralism.
Physicians.
Education, Premedical
Cultural Diversity
Physicians


Electronic Books.

R838.B268.Q478 2010