Relevance of the Flexner report for medical education in India

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dc.contributor.authorBhugra, Dineshen_US
dc.contributor.authorVentriglio, Antonioen_US
dc.contributor.authorVahia, Vihangen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-16T07:20:13Z
dc.date.available2019-11-16T07:20:13Z
dc.date.issued2014-07
dc.description.abstractMedicine is one of the oldest professions and has certain professional imperatives and rules. Training of medical professionals is prolonged and often intense and also expensive. It is strongly influenced by cultural values and context and social needs. Over one hundred years ago Abe Flexner reviewed the medical school training in the USA and made some clear recommendations. We believe that some of these observations have a key role to play in medical education at the present time in India. In this brief editorial we raise some of the pertinent factors.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsEmeritus Professor of Mental Health and Cultural Diversity, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London; Formerly, President and Dean, Royal College of Psychiatrists; President, World Psychiatric Associationen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsHonorary Research Worker, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Italyen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsProfessor Emeritus of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Dr RN Cooper Hospital Mumbai, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationBhugra Dinesh, Ventriglio Antonio, Vahia Vihang. Relevance of the Flexner report for medical education in India. Andhra Pradesh Journal of Psychological Medicine. 2014 Jul-Dec; 15(2): 162-164en_US
dc.identifier.issn2249-5851
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/183937
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherIndian Psychiatric Societyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber2en_US
dc.relation.volume15en_US
dc.subjectMedical Educationen_US
dc.subjectMedical Studentsen_US
dc.subjectProfessionalismen_US
dc.subjectProfessional Regulationen_US
dc.subjectEthicsen_US
dc.titleRelevance of the Flexner report for medical education in Indiaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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