In 2010, 100 years after the Flexner Report was published, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching published another text calling for medical education reform. "Educating Physicians: A Call for Reform of Medical School and Residency," by Molly Cooke, David M. Irby, and Bridget C. O'Brien, defines the problems and goals of today like its predecessor, the Flexner Report, did a century ago.

QUESTIONS TO ASK:

  • How can we improve medical education?
  • Can we produce competent and compassionate physicians more efficiently and effectively?
  • How can we reorganize medical education to produce physicians who are able to achieve better health care outcomes for the American people?

FOUR GOALS FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION

1. Standardization of learning outcomes and individualization of the learning process
2. Integration of formal knowledge and clinical experience
3. Development of habits of inquiry and innovation
4. Focus on professional identity formation

From "Educating Physicians: A Call for Reform of Medical School and Residency"