ABSTRACT

Inthatwisevolume,MedicalEducation,AbrahamFlexnersays: ...themedicalschoolcannotexpecttoproducefullytraineddoctors;itcanatmost hopetoequipstudentswithalimitedamountofknowledge,totraintheminthe methodandspiritofscientificmedicineandtolaunchthemwithamomentumthat willmakethemactivelearners-observers,readers,thinkers,andexperimentersforyearstocome....Thegeneralarrangementofthecurriculum,ifsound,can makethistaskabiteasier,orifunsound,abitharder;butingeneralmuchmoreverymuchmore-dependsonteacherandstudentthanoncurricularmechanicsor teachingdevices[1925,p.176].