HSA 3111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: American Medical Association, Abraham Flexner, Flexner Report
3 Feb 2018
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Module 7: medical education and the medical profession. In colonial america there were no medical schools. The sick were treated with medicinal herbs in their homes. There were some university-trained physicians in europe, but few of them came to the colonies. Colonial physicians trained in an apprentice relationship with. European physicians who did come to the colonies. Apprenticeship training with a single mentor continued until hospitals were founded in mid 1700s. The first medical school was established in 1756 at the college of philadelphia. 1800 there were four medical schools in america. Georgia became the first state to restrict licenses to practice medicine to medical school graduates in 1821. This move was opposed by the apprentice-trained physicians. By 1847 most states had medical societies, and most of these became affiliated with newly formed. One goal was to improve education standards, including closing weaker schools.
