HOH - Social Transformation of American Medicine

Question 1

important dates - 1904

Answer 1

council on Medial Education (CME) created by the AMA

Question 2

important dates - 1908

Answer 2

CME asked Carnegie Foundation for the advanced teaching to survey Medical schools

Question 3

important dates - 1910

Answer 3

Flexner submitted his report after visiting all the 155 schools in person

Question 4

high quality medical schools and clinical investigations developed more _____

Answer 4

slowly

Question 5

business dominated atmosphere, many schools were blatantly ____, inadequetly staffed and offering ___ ____ degrees

Answer 5

commercial; cut-priced

Question 6

Medical student 140 years ago - didnt have to worry about ____

Answer 6

admissions

Question 7

Medical student 140 years ago - instruction was ___ and ____

Answer 7

superficial and brief

Question 8

Medical student 140 years ago - terms lasted ___ ____ and after the second the degree was ___ ___ regardless of the ____ ____

Answer 8

16 weeks; automatically given; academic performance

Question 9

Medical student 140 years ago - teaching was done by ____ ONLY

Answer 9

lecture

Question 10

Medical student 140 years ago - it was not uncommon for a student to graduate without ever having to ____ ___ ____

Answer 10

touch a patient

Question 11

med schools in 1860s and 1870s - many were ____ owned

Answer 11

privately

Question 12

med schools in 1860s and 1870s - physicians could only offer ___ and ___ ___ for ailments they lacked the means to cure

Answer 12

sympathy and tender care

Question 13

med schools in 1860s and 1870s - the medical profession was held in ___ regard by the general public

Answer 13

low

Question 14

Johns Hopkins University and med school was born in

Answer 14

1876

Question 15

Hopkins had ___ admission requirements and a ___ of training that set new standard

Answer 15

rigorous; quality

Question 16

candidates for admission to Hopkins wer required to have a ___-____ college degree, including ___ years of premed training in ___, ____, and ___, and a reading knowledge of ___ and ____

Answer 16

4-year; 2; biology, chemistry, physics; French and German

Question 17

Flexner report triggered reforms in ___, ____, and ___ of north american medical schools

Answer 17

standards, organizations, and curriculum

Question 18

flexner report - between 1910 and 1935 more than half of medical schools ___. only ___ medical schools operated by 1935

Answer 18

closed; 66

Question 19

flexner made sure that no medical school can be created without prior permission of ____ government and state branch of the ___

Answer 19

state; AMA

Question 20

flexner report made sure that the medical profession becomes a __-__ and highly ____ profession

Answer 20

well-paid; respected

Question 21

american medicine becomes a ___ diverse profession, because it was affordable only to upper middle class ___ ___

Answer 21

less; white males