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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 2022 Physicians’ Choice of Board Certification Activity Is Unaffected by Baseline Quality of Care: The TRADEMaRQ Study Go to Physicians’ Choice of Board Certification Activity Is Unaffected by Baseline Quality of Care: The TRADEMaRQ Study 2019 A Longitudinal Study of Differences in Canadian and US Medical Student Preparation for Family Medicine Go to A Longitudinal Study of Differences in Canadian and US Medical Student Preparation for Family Medicine 2021 Stages of Milestones Implementation: A Template Analysis of 16 Programs Across 4 Specialties Go to Stages of Milestones Implementation: A Template Analysis of 16 Programs Across 4 Specialties 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
Author(s) Pisacano, N J Topic(s) Education & Training Keyword(s) Undergraduate Medical Education Volume JAMA
ABFM Research Read all 2022 Physicians’ Choice of Board Certification Activity Is Unaffected by Baseline Quality of Care: The TRADEMaRQ Study Go to Physicians’ Choice of Board Certification Activity Is Unaffected by Baseline Quality of Care: The TRADEMaRQ Study 2019 A Longitudinal Study of Differences in Canadian and US Medical Student Preparation for Family Medicine Go to A Longitudinal Study of Differences in Canadian and US Medical Student Preparation for Family Medicine 2021 Stages of Milestones Implementation: A Template Analysis of 16 Programs Across 4 Specialties Go to Stages of Milestones Implementation: A Template Analysis of 16 Programs Across 4 Specialties 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
2022 Physicians’ Choice of Board Certification Activity Is Unaffected by Baseline Quality of Care: The TRADEMaRQ Study Go to Physicians’ Choice of Board Certification Activity Is Unaffected by Baseline Quality of Care: The TRADEMaRQ Study
2019 A Longitudinal Study of Differences in Canadian and US Medical Student Preparation for Family Medicine Go to A Longitudinal Study of Differences in Canadian and US Medical Student Preparation for Family Medicine
2021 Stages of Milestones Implementation: A Template Analysis of 16 Programs Across 4 Specialties Go to Stages of Milestones Implementation: A Template Analysis of 16 Programs Across 4 Specialties
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