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~ (Author) "The Civil War was a medical as well as a human tragedy..." (more)
Key Phrases: faculty meeting minutes, pioneering medical educators, pioneering medical schools, United States, General Education Board, World War (more...)
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By the late 1800s, a typical American physician had received his formal train ing at one of the nation's two dozen proprietary medical schools. Admis sion standards were lax, the curriculum covered two four-month terms, no writ ten examinations were required, and little clinical experience was offered. Ludmerer provides an engrossing nar rative history of the rise of the modern medical college and teaching hospital from these rather shaky beginnings. He has compressed a considerable amount of historical data into readable prose, often providing fresh perspective on the major social, scientific, and peda gogical forces that have shaped the course of medical education since the 19th century. Especially interesting is an extensive section on early reform movements and their influence. Rec ommended. Richard H. Quay, Miami Univ. Libs., Oxford, Ohio
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"Learning to Heal is the best description I have read on the development of US medical schools, and it's an informative reminder to all US medical graduates of where their education came from." -- The Lancet



"Kenneth Ludmerer's excellent book tells the fascinating story of how the United States achieved its world leadership in medical education... The best study yet of the origins of modern medical education." -- James H. Jones, New York Times Book Review



"A brilliant interpretation of the origins of modern medical education... A stunning achievement." -- Thomas N. Bonner, American Historical Review



"An excellent work of scholarship, compressing a relatively vast literature into a readable and informative volume." -- Gordon T. Moore, M.D., New England Journal of Medicine



"Learning to Heal should be recommended reading for every student, practitioner, faculty member, or administrator concerned with the past, present, and future of American medical education and practice." -- Alberto Galofré, M.D., Journal of the American Medical Association



"A first-rate storyteller." -- Sherman Mellinkoff, Los Angeles Times Book Review


Product Details

  • Paperback: 359 pages
  • Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press (January 1, 1996)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0801852587
  • ISBN-13: 978-0801852589
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #594,952 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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faculty meeting minutes, pioneering medical educators, pioneering medical schools, clinical full time, progressive medical education, strong medical school, higher medical education, many medical educators, modern medical education, medical philanthropy, extramural schools, salaried instructors, medical school officials, modern medical school, clinical clerks, pioneering schools, basic science departments, house pupil, proprietary schools, clinical departments, academic physicians, clinical teaching, weak schools, medical teaching, state licensing laws
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United States, General Education Board, World War, Washington University, Western Reserve, New York, Harvard Medical School, Abraham Flexner, Carnegie Foundation, University of Pennsylvania, William Welch, Association of American Medical Colleges, University of Michigan, Charles Eliot, Franklin Mall, American Medical Association, Columbia University, Henry Pritchett, Massachusetts General Hospital, University of Minnesota, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Presbyterian Hospital, Rockefeller Institute, Victor Vaughan, William Osler
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5.0 out of 5 stars Selecting students for medical school admission, December 28, 2000
This book is highly recommended to members of the academic medical profession and in particular those who sit on admission committees. As the author notes in the introduction, the reason for the book was to bring to the fore the fact that medical school was an educatiional process of learning to heal and not a technical training institute. This initial phase is critical for it must last a lifetime.

The fourteen chapters, some of which are previous articles, move from early days to the present. He comments and describes the education scene in early America, the role of the German system, the birth of modern academic medicine and its associated teaching hospital and some assorted ones on finance, state laws, and organized medicine.

The writting is relaxed and clear allowing the book to be read with pleasure and value. The facts are clearly presented in support of his story of the developement of American medical education, warts and all. There are some wonderful word pictures of early days when medical education was not what what we would like to think was in our past.

Hihgly recommended to all MD's but in particular to those with a concern for education and the selection of candidates.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Solid Foundation - Weak Follow-through, April 21, 2001
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I felt that this book started off strong describing the transformation of medical education from a mentorship during Civil War times to the proprietary schools of the Reconstruction Era and the birth of today's medical school in the Guilded Age.

The impact of the Flexner Report and the evolution of the philanthropic infusion into medicine is explained well.

However, I thought the book had a weak ending. It left me wondering if there wasn't much change in medical education over the past 60 years, since there's not much mention of developments in the latter half of the 20th century.

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