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Let me heal : the opportunity to preserve excellence in American medicine / Kenneth M. Ludmerer.

By: Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]Description: xvii, 431 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780199744541 (hbk. : acidfree paper)
  • 9780199744541 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 610.71/55 23
LOC classification:
  • R840 .L83 2015
NLM classification:
  • W 20
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks R840 .L83 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001353373

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.

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