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A. M. SNELL, M.D.

AMA Arch Intern Med. 1958;102(6):922-927.

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The launching of space satellites by the Russians in the autumn months of 1957 has instigated one of the most widespread and most severely critical examinations of the American educational system in its history. Our own successes in the satellite field at a somewhat later date have done little to alter the activity of the critics who have aimed their darts not only at the elementary schools but even at the citadels of higher learning. No one has, to my knowledge, suggested that the Russians have topped us in the field of medical science, but a recent exchange of visitors between the two countries leads one to believe that they have elevated their previous level of medical activity very considerably. With the abovementioned activities fresh in mind, it seems appropriate for the Chairman of the Section on Medicine to review the educational process by which our internists are trained. One . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Palo Alto, Calif.

Palo Alto Medical Clinic.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication July 2, 1958.

Chairman's address, read before the Section on Internal Medicine at the 107th Annual Meeting of the American Medical Association, San Francisco, June 25, 1958.

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