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Andrew D. Hunt, Jr., MD

JAMA. 1970;213(4):602-604.

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Accreditation of social institutions is a process by which the professions establish criteria, and apply them to the institutions under consideration so as to provide assurance that these institutions are meeting their goals and objectives in the interest of the society which they serve. In the case of institutions involved in the education of physicians, the accreditation process is perforce particularly stringent, in view of the life-and-death decisions entrusted by society to their products and of the extraordinarily sensitive and even dangerous nature of the therapeutic agents and technical ministrations available to them in the pursuance of their métier. Added to the burden of ensuring that citizens can entrust their lives to the graduates of our institutions is the burden of providing appropriate incentives to help institutions change so as to meet requirements and demands of a rapidly proliferating and changing society.

The agencies with the responsibility of accrediting the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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From the College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing. Read before the 66th annual Congress on Medical Education, sponsored by the AMA Council on Medical Education, Chicago, Feb 8, 1970.

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Reprint requests to College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48823 (Dr. Hunt).

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