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A Guide to Integrative Pediatrics for the Healthcare ProfessionalEducation

A Guide to Integrative Pediatrics for the Healthcare Professional: Education [Complementary and alternative medicine modalities were taught routinely in US medical schoolsMedical school until the early 1900’s. In 1908, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching initiated a survey study of the existing medical schools in the US. The resulting Flexner Report of 1910 forced a sweeping change in medical education and formed a single model of medical educationEducation. That model was based on a philosophy that has largely survived to the present day. The Flexner reportFlexner report recommendations forced the removal of CAM education from all allopathic medical schools in the US. The reintroduction of CAM into medical student education began largely in the 1990's. In 1995, the Alternative Medicine Interest Group of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine surveyed U.S. medical school departments of family medicine to determine the extent to which CAM was being taught in medical schools. The results showed that CAMComplementary and alternative medicine (CAM) was taught in 34 % of U.S. medical schools.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Guide to Integrative Pediatrics for the Healthcare ProfessionalEducation

Part of the SpringerBriefs in Public Health Book Series
Misra, Sanghamitra M.
Springer Journals — Jun 21, 2014
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Springer International Publishing
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© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
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978-3-319-06834-3
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13 –15
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10.1007/978-3-319-06835-0_2
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Abstract

[Complementary and alternative medicine modalities were taught routinely in US medical schoolsMedical school until the early 1900’s. In 1908, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching initiated a survey study of the existing medical schools in the US. The resulting Flexner Report of 1910 forced a sweeping change in medical education and formed a single model of medical educationEducation. That model was based on a philosophy that has largely survived to the present day. The Flexner reportFlexner report recommendations forced the removal of CAM education from all allopathic medical schools in the US. The reintroduction of CAM into medical student education began largely in the 1990's. In 1995, the Alternative Medicine Interest Group of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine surveyed U.S. medical school departments of family medicine to determine the extent to which CAM was being taught in medical schools. The results showed that CAMComplementary and alternative medicine (CAM) was taught in 34 % of U.S. medical schools.]

Published: Jun 21, 2014

Keywords: Flexner Report; Medical school; Wellness; Education

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