Abraham Flexner
1866 - 1959
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Biography
Abraham Flexner was an American educator and author best known for his role in revolutionizing medical education in the United States and Canada. Born in 1866 in Kentucky, Flexner founded the Flexner Report in 1910, which led to significant changes in medical school curriculum, faculty, and facilities. His work emphasized the importance of science and laboratory-based learning in medical education, leading to the closure of many substandard medical schools and the rise of high-quality institutions.
Famous Quotes (5)
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The purpose of education is to enable us to develop to the fullest that which is inside us.
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The public health is a social concern. From the sanitary point of view, the connection between medical education and public health is very intimate.
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Medicine is the most difficult of all professions, yet into it enter without serious preparation more quacks and half-quacks than into any other.
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Next in importance to books are their authors, their originators, those who by their genius inspire those who write literature or discover science.
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The object of teaching a child is to enable the child to get along without the teacher.