Healthy Skepticism Library item: 15896
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Publication type: Journal Article
Jessop V, Maxwell S.
Preserving objectivity in medical education
Lancet 2009 Jun 27; 373:(9682):2196-7
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)61185-5/fulltext
Abstract:
We would like to express our concern about a future model of undergraduate medical education in the area of clinical pharmacology that envisages a strengthened “academia-industry partnershipâ€. 1 Although we accept that a basic knowledge of how drugs are developed, assessed, and brought to the market is important for all prescribers of the future, this learning should be deliverable independently, and in sufficient depth, at any medical school. A small number of students might wish to develop speci …
