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Abraham Flexner

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Abraham Flexner 1866-1959, American educator, b. Louisville, Ky., grad. Johns Hopkins Univ., 1886. After 19 years as a secondary school teacher and principal, he took graduate work at Harvard and at the Univ. of Berlin. In 1908 he joined the research staff of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and in 1910 wrote a report, Medical Education in the United States and Canada, which is generally called the Flexner Report. It hastened much-needed reforms in the standards, organization, and curriculums of American medical schools. From 1912 to 1925, Flexner was a member of the... Read more
Flexner, Abraham 1866-1959
American Decades FLEXNER, ABRAHAM 1866-1959 Medical educator Report Abraham Flexner, brother of Simon Flexner, was born in Louisville...necessary clinical facilities. An in-depth study by Abraham Flexner was partially responsible for bringing these practices... Read more
Abraham Flexner
Encyclopedia of World Biography Abraham Flexner Abraham Flexner (1866-1959) devoted his life to the improvement of teaching and...first director of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. Abraham Flexner was born on Nov. 13, 1866, in Louisville, Ky. He attended the... Read more

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Iconoclast: Abraham Flexner and a Life in Learning.(Book Reviews)(Book Review)
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Iconoclast: Abraham Flexner and a Life in Learning
Magazine article from: Academe; 7/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; Iconoclast: Abraham Flexner and a Life in Learning Thomas Neville...University Press, 2002 Thomas Bonner brings Abraham Flexner, Louisville's "old schoolmaster" turned...biography, Iconoclast. Drawing heavily on Flexner's autobiography as well as on voluminous... Read more
Abraham Flexner and the Black Medical Schools
Magazine article from: Journal of the National Medical Association; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; "Abraham Flexner and the Black Medical Schools" first appeared in Beyond Flexner: Medical Education in the Twentieth Century, Barbara...Key words: black medical schools [black square] Flexner Report [black square] education [black square] Howard... Read more
Flexner Report Transformed Med Schools
Transcript from: NPR Weekend All Things Considered; 8/16/2008; ; 611 words ; ...from a doctor. Then along came Abraham Flexner, not a doctor, but an expert...quality. SEABROOK: Then along came Abraham Flexner. Who is he and how did he start...medical schools? Dr. BRIEGER: Abraham Flexner was asked by the Carnegie Foundation... Read more
After Flexner: The Challenge
Magazine article from: Journal of the National Medical Association; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; In his article, "Abraham Flexner and the Black Medical Schools," Todd Savitt, MD critically describes how the Flexner Report effectively decimated African-Americ...physicians and medical students. Key words: Flexner * education * minorities Flexner's... Read more
A Century after Flexner: The Need for Reform in Medical Education from College and Medical School through Residency Training
Magazine article from: Journal of the National Medical Association; 9/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...following an independent investigation conducted by Dr. Abraham Flexner in 1910. Although individual institutions have implemented...independent investigation, and the task was given to Abraham Flexner. Flexner had concluded that Johns Hopkins was the... Read more
Simon Flexner.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Issues in Science and Technology; 12/22/2000; 155 words ; Simon Flexner (1863-1946), like his brother Abraham Flexner, was a prime mover in U.S. medical education and research. At the same time that Abraham's 1910 book on medical education was stimulating widespread reform in medical schools, Simon was leading a pioneering effort in... Read more
Did Flexner's Report Condemn Black Medical Schools? Not So, in My Opinion
Magazine article from: Journal of the National Medical Association; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...likely destined to close within a few years of their Flexner-associated closure as they could not possibly garner...imposed by the powerful state licensure boards. The famous Flexner Report of 1910 contributed substantially to changes...overall quality of graduates of U.S. medical schools. Flexner had ... Read more
The Forgotten History of Defunct Black Medical Schools in the 19th and 20th Centuries and the Impact of the Flexner Report
Magazine article from: Journal of the National Medical Association; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...words: black medical schools * Flexner Report INTRODUCTION "The negro...schools rather many schools ..." Abraham Flexner wrote these words in the early...Carnegie Foundation commissioned Flexner to study medical education...century (Table 1). In 1910, when Flexner wrote his report, only ... Read more

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