Implementing a Course Review Process for a Continuous Quality Improvement Model for a Medical School Curriculum

@article{Ward2018ImplementingAC,
  title={Implementing a Course Review Process for a Continuous Quality Improvement Model for a Medical School Curriculum},
  author={Cassandra S. Ward and Amy Andrade and Lena Walker-Winfree},
  journal={Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved},
  year={2018},
  volume={29},
  pages={63 - 70}
}
Abstract:In 1901, Abraham Flexner, a research scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, visited 155 medical schools in the United States and Canada to assess medical education. Flexner's recommendations became the foundation for the Liaison Committee on Medical Education accreditation, a voluntary, peer-reviewed quality assurance process to determine whether a medical education program meets established standards. The Meharry Medical College School of Medicine, a… 
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