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A Threat to Medical Education?

Stanley S. Bergen, Jr., MD; Victor Starr

JAMA. 1970;214(1):118-121.

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A movement is developing among house staff members to organize into groups with the purpose of changing the health-care system. Unfortunately, despite this commendable and long over-due stance, at least one of these organizations has taken on the appearance of a labor union (Hospital Physician, April 1966, p 78). Although referred to as a committee it is a union and many of its practices are indistinguishable from those of any other union.

What has made our house staff officers choose this path of action? What has forced the young physician of today to become an activist working against the system? We are at fault.

For years we have been aware and have personally experienced many of the wrongs in the educational and service systems of health care which lead to the development of a physician. We have failed to assume our proper role, that of demanding improvement. We have accepted . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Brooklyn-Cumberland Medical Center, and the Downstate Medical Center, State University of New York, Brooklyn (Dr. Bergen), and the Bureau of Personnel Management, Department of Hospitals, New York city (Mr. Starr).

Footnotes
Read before the 66th annual Congress on Medical Education, sponsored by the AMA Council on Medical Education, Chicago, Feb 9, 1970.

Reprint requests to 121 De Kalb Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11201 (Dr. Bergen).

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