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The Flexner Report and Evidence-Based Medicine Over the Past 100 Years

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The Flexner Report began a process in North America linking science with physician education and practice. While the report emphasized the importance of standards of clinical training and care and the role of the laboratory in physician education, this chapter deals with the explosion of knowledge that pervades decision-making in all medical disciplines, especially those bridging women’s health care.

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  1. Department of Research, The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Washington, DC, USA

    Jay Schulkin

  2. Department of Physiology, Biophysics, and Neurosciences, Georgetown University Medical School, Washington, DC, USA

    Jay Schulkin

  3. Division of Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Infants Hospital, The Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA

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Schulkin, J., Matteson, K.A. (2011). The Flexner Report and Evidence-Based Medicine Over the Past 100 Years. In: Rayburn, W., Schulkin, J. (eds) Changing Landscape of Academic Women's Health Care in the United States. International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, vol 48. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0931-7_1

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