Questioning the premedical paradigm : enhancing diversity in the medical profession a century after the Flexner report /
Barr, Donald A.
Baltimore. Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press,
2010.
Includes bibliographical references 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.
Premedical education