Let me heal : the opportunity to preserve excellence in American medicine /
Ludmerer, Kenneth M.,
Let me heal : the opportunity to preserve excellence in American medicine / Kenneth M. Ludmerer. - xvii, 431 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-409) and index.
Johns Hopkins and the creation of the residency -- The growth of graduate medical education -- The American residency -- The life of a pre-World War II House Officer -- Consolidating the system -- The expansion of the residency in an era of abundance -- The evolving learning environment -- The life of a post-World War II House Officer -- The weakening of the educational community -- The era of high throughput -- The era of accountability, patient safety, and work-hour regulation -- Preserving excellence in residency training and medical care.
This insightful, engaging the history of US graduate medical education explores the social and moral value of physician training to society as a whole and how improving excellence in GME can stimulate and guide meaningful health care reform.
9780199744541 (hbk. : acidfree paper) 9780199744541 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
2014004264
Medicine--Study and teaching--United States.
Medical education--United States.
R840 / .L83 2015
610.71/55
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Let me heal : the opportunity to preserve excellence in American medicine / Kenneth M. Ludmerer. - xvii, 431 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-409) and index.
Johns Hopkins and the creation of the residency -- The growth of graduate medical education -- The American residency -- The life of a pre-World War II House Officer -- Consolidating the system -- The expansion of the residency in an era of abundance -- The evolving learning environment -- The life of a post-World War II House Officer -- The weakening of the educational community -- The era of high throughput -- The era of accountability, patient safety, and work-hour regulation -- Preserving excellence in residency training and medical care.
This insightful, engaging the history of US graduate medical education explores the social and moral value of physician training to society as a whole and how improving excellence in GME can stimulate and guide meaningful health care reform.
9780199744541 (hbk. : acidfree paper) 9780199744541 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
2014004264
Medicine--Study and teaching--United States.
Medical education--United States.
R840 / .L83 2015
610.71/55
W 20