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Revision as of 10:43, 21 June 2018
This is a timeline of medical education.
Contents
Big picture
Time period | Development summary | |
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Ancient history | Scholars usually consider that medical education began with the ancient Greeks’ method of rational inquiry, which introduced the practice of observation and reasoning regarding disease.[1] | |
Middle Ages | Apprenticeship training in monastic infirmaries and hospitals dominates medical education during the early Middle Ages. A medical school is established in Salerno in southern Italy between the 9th and 11th centuries. During the same period, medicine and medical education flourish in the Muslim world at such centres as Baghdad, Cairo, and [[w:Córdoba, Spain | Córdoba]].[1] |
Full timeline
Year | Event type | Details | Country |
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5th century BC | Greek physician Hippocrates teaches and originates the oath that would become a credo for practitioners through the ages.[1] | Greece | |
1518 | The Royal College of Physicians of London is established.[1] | United Kingdom | |
1858 | The Medical Act of 1858 is passed in Britain, often termed the most important event in British medicine. It establishes the General Medical Council, controlling admission to the medical register, thus having great powers over medical education and examinations.[1] | ||
1910 | American educator Abraham Flexner publishes report entitled report entitled Medical Education in the United states and Canada (Flexner Report), under the aegis of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The report would have an immediate impact on the improvement of the adequacy of medical schools in the United States.[1][2] |
Meta information on the timeline
How the timeline was built
The initial version of the timeline was written by FIXME.
Funding information for this timeline is available.
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What the timeline is still missing
[1], [2], [3], [4],[5], [6], [7],[8]
Timeline update strategy
See also
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Medical education". britannica.com. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ↑ Schwartz, Gary S. Around the Eye in 365 Days.