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Home Research Research Library Generally speaking Generally speaking 1970 Author(s) Pisacano, N J Topic(s) Education & Training Keyword(s) Undergraduate Medical Education Volume JAMA I would like to set out with a few simple but sweeping generalizations concerning the impact of medical education on the practice of medicine. These generalizations are also, in general, negative. I make no apology for being negative nor do I subscribe to the sophistry of the academic world which implies that generalizations are necessarily false and lead to illogical conclusions. My first generalization, then, is (1) that medical schools have contributed little toward the improvement of the practice of medicine; (2) that, in fact, medical educators have very little understanding of what comprehensive medicine truly is; (3) that the rise of the newest approved specialty, family practice, after many abortive attempts at approval, owes little to medical educators for its eventual success in attaining approval on Feb 8, 1969; and (4) that, even in the light of this recent surge of interest in family practice, many deans and/or their ABFM Research Read all 2023 Trends of Geriatric Certification and Practice Patterns of Family Physicians: 1988-2019 Go to Trends of Geriatric Certification and Practice Patterns of Family Physicians: 1988-2019 2017 Impact of Potential Accreditation and Certification in Family Medicine Maternity Care Go to Impact of Potential Accreditation and Certification in Family Medicine Maternity Care 2021 Using the Family Medicine National Graduate Survey to Improve Residency Education by Monitoring Training Outcomes Go to Using the Family Medicine National Graduate Survey to Improve Residency Education by Monitoring Training Outcomes 1992 1991 certification-recertification examinations Go to 1991 certification-recertification examinations
Author(s) Pisacano, N J Topic(s) Education & Training Keyword(s) Undergraduate Medical Education Volume JAMA
ABFM Research Read all 2023 Trends of Geriatric Certification and Practice Patterns of Family Physicians: 1988-2019 Go to Trends of Geriatric Certification and Practice Patterns of Family Physicians: 1988-2019 2017 Impact of Potential Accreditation and Certification in Family Medicine Maternity Care Go to Impact of Potential Accreditation and Certification in Family Medicine Maternity Care 2021 Using the Family Medicine National Graduate Survey to Improve Residency Education by Monitoring Training Outcomes Go to Using the Family Medicine National Graduate Survey to Improve Residency Education by Monitoring Training Outcomes 1992 1991 certification-recertification examinations Go to 1991 certification-recertification examinations
2023 Trends of Geriatric Certification and Practice Patterns of Family Physicians: 1988-2019 Go to Trends of Geriatric Certification and Practice Patterns of Family Physicians: 1988-2019
2017 Impact of Potential Accreditation and Certification in Family Medicine Maternity Care Go to Impact of Potential Accreditation and Certification in Family Medicine Maternity Care
2021 Using the Family Medicine National Graduate Survey to Improve Residency Education by Monitoring Training Outcomes Go to Using the Family Medicine National Graduate Survey to Improve Residency Education by Monitoring Training Outcomes
1992 1991 certification-recertification examinations Go to 1991 certification-recertification examinations