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- Title
Increasing the quality and capacity of education: the challenge for the 21st century.
- Authors
Norcini, John J; Banda, Sekelani S
- Abstract
Abraham Flexner's 1910 report to the Carnegie Foundation was a successful attempt to improve the quality of health care by reforming the education of health care providers. It was accompanied by a significant reduction in the number of medical schools and an increase in the quality of those schools that remained. Although the report's focus on quality was laudable and appropriate to the times, we now face a significant shortage and maldistribution of health care workers, particularly in countries with the highest burden of disease. Hence, we see the challenges for the 21st century to involve increasing both capacity and quality.
- Publication
Medical education, 2011, Vol 45, Issue 1, p81
- ISSN
1365-2923
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03738.x