
Editorial
Socially responsive schools of medicine
Des facultés de médecine socialement responsables
Summer 2010
Volume 15 - Issue 3
Peter Hutten-Czapski
Details
ISSN Number: 12037796
Language: English/French
Format: PDF
Pages: 4–6
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