Robert Siegel talks to Paul Starr of Princeton University about the Abraham Flexner Report, which critiqued American medical training. This is the centennial year of that report. Before his report, ...

Abraham Flexner began working 100 years ago on a massive report that transformed the way doctors are taught in America. The Flexner Report led to a greater emphasis on science and the closing of ...

In his Commentary “The Case for National Standards and Testing” (Sept. 17, 2008), Walt Gardner acknowledges upfront that “it’s always risky to compare professional education with general education.” ...

The Flexner Report of 1910, widely credited with revolutionizing medical education in the United States and Canada, had profound consequences for mental health care. The Flexner Report was ...

An early 20th century report that equipped medical schools with a framework to teach the next generations of physicians also debilitated the Black physician workforce, suggested a modeling study. In ...

The centenary celebrations of the Johnson-Jeffries "fight of the century" which took place on July 4th, 1910 understandably overshadowed another event, arguably more important and relevant to ...

In the recent debates over the quality of teacher training and education research in the United States, one frequently cited talisman has been the Flexner Report, Abraham Flexner’s famous 1910 exposé ...

The Abraham Flexner award will go on, without the name Abraham Flexner. The Association of American Medical Colleges announced it will rename its most prestigious award, named after the Jewish medical ...