Learning To Heal

Ludmerer, Kenneth M.

ISBN 10: 0465038808 / ISBN 13: 9780465038800

Published by Basic Books, 1985

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Near Fine first edition hardcover in Near Fine dust jacket. Clean, tightly bound copy with sharp interior pages and no ownership markings noted. Light shelf wear to jacket with mild rubbing and small areas of edge wear at spine ends and corners. A solid and attractive copy overall.

A landmark history of the transformation of American medical education from proprietary schools to the modern university-based system. Kenneth M. Ludmerer traces the institutional, intellectual, and scientific developments that reshaped medical training between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, emphasizing the rise of laboratory science, clinical instruction, and professional standards. Widely regarded as an important contribution to the history of medicine and medical pedagogy.

An essential work for collectors and scholars of medical history, healthcare policy, educational reform, and institutional history. Ludmerer?s scholarship remains foundational in discussions of the Flexner era, professionalization in medicine, and the evolution of American healthcare education.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Learning To Heal
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0465038808
• ISBN 13: 9780465038800
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Weight: 1.62 pounds
• Seller catalogs:
  • History of Medicine
  • Medical Education

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Synopsis

The development of American medical education involved a conceptual revolution in how medical students should be taught. With the introduction of laboratory and hospital work, students were expected to be active participants in their learning process, and the new goal of medical training was to foster critical thinking rather than the memorization of facts. In Learning to Heal, Kenneth Ludmerer offers the definitive account of the rise of the modern medical school and the shaping of the medical profession.

Reviews

By the late 1800s, a typical American physician had received his formal train ing at one of the nation's two dozen proprietary medical schools. Admis sion standards were lax, the curriculum covered two four-month terms, no writ ten examinations were required, and little clinical experience was offered. Ludmerer provides an engrossing nar rative history of the rise of the modern medical college and teaching hospital from these rather shaky beginnings. He has compressed a considerable amount of historical data into readable prose, often providing fresh perspective on the major social, scientific, and peda gogical forces that have shaped the course of medical education since the 19th century. Especially interesting is an extensive section on early reform movements and their influence. Rec ommended. Richard H. Quay, Miami Univ. Libs., Oxford, Ohio
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