Reflections on Medical Education in the Community Hospital 1955-1965
Authors: VICTOR A. BRESSLER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1967)

Special Article1 August 1967Reflections on Medical Education in the Community Hospital 1955-1965VICTOR A. BRESSLER, M.D.VICTOR A. BRESSLER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-67-2-443 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMuch has been written in this decade on the ecology of education and research in areas away from university centers. Some frank declarations have favored unified efforts by community and university hospitals toward common goals (1-3). The alleged obsolescence of the practitioner-teacher is being reappraised (4). The call to action by the "third force" of younger university-trained specialists newly entrenched in the "back country" since World War II echoes in our ears (5). The "town-gown syndrome" has come under discussion (3). Yet, though "satellite" hospitals and university hospitals share a common objective of caring for the sick, the seeming conflict...References1. DRYER BV: A nationwide plan for continuing medical education. Pros and cons. JAMA 189: 35, 1964. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. The director of medical education in the teaching hospital. JAMA 192: 1055, 1965. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. WESCOE WC: The town-gown syndrome: pathology. JAMA 186: 785, 1963. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. RENNER WF: The obsolescence of the practitioner-teacher. JAMA 193: 563, 1965. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. FREYMANN JG: Leadership in American medicine. New Eng. J. Med. 270: 710, 1964. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. NEMER P: Introductory remarks. Educational problems in the interne and residency program in the community hospital, in Second Annual Conference on Graduate Medical Education, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Medicine. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1960, pp. 7-8. Google Scholar7. TURNER TB: Fundamentals of Medical Education. Charles C Thomas, Publisher, Springfield, Ill., 1963, pp. 23, 59. Google Scholar8. RENNER WF: The community hospital internship. Assets and liabilities. JAMA 189: 290, 1964. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. READ HS: Personal communication, 1966. Google Scholar10. READ HS: The rotating interneship—an opportunity for person to person diplomacy, delivered at the Critique of Current Efforts in International Educational Exchange in Medicine—58th Annual Congress in Medical Education, Chicago, February 4, 1962. Google Scholar11. JAMESSTEINBERG GM, quoted by TOLCHIN, M.: Mount Sinai to give humanity studies. N. Y. Times, January 27, 1966. Google Scholar12. GRANN V: The interesting patient syndrome. Arch. Intern. Med. (Chicago) 116: 442, 1965. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar13. STEIGER W: Personal communication, March 1964. Google Scholar14. COLWILLWILLIAMS JMRH: Resident's concepts of future training in medicine. Arch. Intern. Med. (Chicago) 110: 4, 1962. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar15. KNOWLES JH: Medical care: its social and organizational aspects. The balanced biology of the teaching hospital. New Eng. J. Med. 269: 401, 450, 1963. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar16. NUNEMAKER JC: Responsibility of the medical school-teaching hospital for affiliated interne and residency programs in community hospitals. J. Med. Educ. 37: 288, 1962. MedlineGoogle Scholar17. FREYMANN JG: Leadership in American medicine. A matter of personal responsibility. New Eng. J. Med. 270: 710, 1964. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar18. CITIZENS COMMISSION ON GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION: The Graduate Education of Physicians. American Medical Association, Chicago, 1966, pp. 31, 62. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Atlantic City, New JerseyFrom the Department of Community Medicine, Temple University Medical School, Philadelphia, Pa., and the Department of Medicine, Atlantic City Hospital, Atlantic City, N. J.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Victor A. Bressler, M.D., 5607 Ventnor Ave., Ventnor, N. J. 08406. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 August 1967Volume 67, Issue 2Page: 443-451KeywordsEcologyHospital medicineMedical education Issue Published: 1 August 1967 PDF downloadLoading ...