Improbable Scholars

Improbable Scholars
Author: David L. Kirp
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2015
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0199391092

In Improbable Scholars, David L. Kirp challenges the conventional wisdom about public schools and education reform in America through an in-depth look at Union City, New Jersey's high-performing urban school district. In this compelling study, Kirp reveals Union's city's revolutionary secret: running an exemplary school system doesn't demand heroics, just hard and steady work.

The Principles and Practice of Narrative Medicine

The Principles and Practice of Narrative Medicine
Author: Rita Charon
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2017
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199360197

The Principles and Practice of Narrative Medicine articulates the ideas, methods, and practices of narrative medicine. Written by the originators of the field, this book provides the authoritative starting place for any clinicians or scholars committed to learning of and eventually teaching or practicing narrative medicine.

Accessibility, Inclusion, and Action in Medical Education

Accessibility, Inclusion, and Action in Medical Education
Author: Association of American Medical Colleges
Publisher:
Total Pages: 102
Release: 2018-03-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781984260314

To capture the current state of disability in medical education, the AAMC and the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine partnered to publish a new report drawn from the lived experiences of learners with disabilities. This publication weaves together major themes from interviews with 47 students, residents, and physicians with disabilities to identify cultural and structural barriers and catalyze institutional policies that support all qualified learners, regardless of disability, throughout the medical education continuum. The report highlights key considerations that leaders in academic medicine can implement to increase meaningful access for learners with disabilities, including:

Choice

Choice
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1028
Release: 1971
Genre: Academic libraries
ISBN:

Medical Education in the United States and Canada

Medical Education in the United States and Canada
Author: Abraham Flexner
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2017-11-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780260249531

Excerpt from Medical Education in the United States and Canada: A Report to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching In making this study the schools of all medical sects have been included. It is clear that so long as a man is to practise medicine, the public is equally concerned in his right preparation for that profession, whatever he call himself, - allopath, homeo path, eclectic, osteopath, or whatnot. It is equally clear that he should be grounded in the fundamental sciences upon which medicine rests, whether he practises under one name or under another. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Medical Education in the United States and Canada

Medical Education in the United States and Canada
Author: Abraham Flexner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 376
Release: 1910
Genre: Medical colleges
ISBN:

A landmark work which precipitated major reforms in medical education. It recommended closing commercial schools and reducing the overall number of medical schools from 155 to 31, with the aim of raising standards. Includes frank evaluative sketches of each school based on site visits by the author.