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Editorial

Socially responsive schools of medicine

Des facultés de médecine socialement responsables

Summer 2010
Volume 15 - Issue 3

Peter Hutten-Czapski

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ISSN Number: 12037796

Language: English/French

Format: PDF

Pages: 46

Content Summary


This editorial discusses the criteria for a socially responsive medical school, using the Northern Ontario School of Medicine as a case study. It highlights the importance of admitting rural-origin students and providing rural exposure in the curriculum to increase the number of graduates practicing in rural areas. The editorial emphasizes the need for medical schools to focus on distributed medical education to better serve disadvantaged rural populations.

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Medical educationRural medicineRecruitmentNorthern medicineMedical residency