The Abraham Flexner award will go on, without the name Abraham Flexner. The Association of American Medical Colleges announced it will rename its most prestigious award, named after the Jewish medical ...

Abraham Flexner began working 100 years ago on a massive report that transformed the way doctors are taught in America. The Flexner Report led to a greater emphasis on science and the closing of ...

Robert Siegel talks to Paul Starr of Princeton University about the Abraham Flexner Report, which critiqued American medical training. This is the centennial year of that report. Before his report, ...

Jim Anderson examines the roots of racism in medicine and the influence of Abraham Flexner on the establishment of modern medical schools. I saw a marvelous and disturbing presentation recently about ...

In his Commentary “The Case for National Standards and Testing” (Sept. 17, 2008), Walt Gardner acknowledges upfront that “it’s always risky to compare professional education with general education.” ...

No reason for the resignation of Dr. Abraham Flexner, American Jewish educator, from his post as director of studies and medical education of the General Education Board, a Rockefeller Foundation, was ...

The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) formed in 1867, but its journal did not appear until 44 years later. Why 1911? Prompted by concerns about uneven quality and the lack of up-to-date science in ...

Last year, Dr. Abraham Flexner, philosophical critic of educational systems, made a thorough survey of American, English, and German Universities, concentrating in large measure on the undergraduate ...

Robert W. Donnell, MD: Abraham Flexner May Be Turning Over in His Grave Nicholas Genes, MD, PhD: The Real Trend Is Evidence-Based Medicine, Not Complementary and Alternative Medicine Roy M. Poses, MD: ...