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- Title
Groups Promote "Key Competencies" in Training for Premed and Medical Students.
- Authors
Kuehn, Bridget M.
- Abstract
The article focuses on a report issued by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) which stressed the need for undergraduate premedical programs and medical schools to revamp their curricula to emphasize a set of key competencies that will help individuals become good physicians. It outlines the principles that will help guide school administrators in implementing the approach. The report also noted the impact of advances in biology on physicians.
- Subjects
MEDICAL schools; COLLEGE curriculum; CURRICULUM; ASSOCIATION of American Medical Colleges; HOWARD Hughes Medical Institute; PHYSICIAN training; BIOLOGY
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2009, Vol 302, Issue 7, p729
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2009.1141