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.