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Reversing the Acceleration Trend

William F. Hejna, MD

JAMA. 1975;234(4):387-388.

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MEDICAL school curricula have undergone significant methodological changes during the past ten years, prompted by such factors as social demand, technological development, and fiscal pressure. Among those changes is a trend toward shortening the time from high-school graduation to starting practice; this is most usually accomplished by accelerating the rate at which students are expected to learn the medical school portion of that continuum. About 50 schools have regular or optional three-year curricula. Some have an accelerated premedical/ medical school program of six years.

Rush Medical College of Chicago recently reversed this trend by changing its regular three-year program to the more standard four-year format. The reasoning behind this move deserves comment. Further, the intensely dynamic sociopolitical climate in which medical education exists during the current decade justifies repeated review of the validity for moving in the direction of a shortened curriculum.

Rush Medical College was chartered in 1837 and . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Dean Rush Medical College Chicago

From the Rush Medical College, Rush-Presbyterian-St Luke's Medical Center, Chicago.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Rush Medical College, 1725 W Harrison St, Ninth Floor, Chicago, IL 60612 (Dr Hejna).

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