PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - S. Thorne
TI  - Medical schools seeking new ways to cope with funding cutbacks
DP  - 1997 Jun 01
TA  - Canadian Medical Association Journal
PG  - 1611--1612
VI  - 156
IP  - 11
4099  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/156/11/1611.short
4100  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/156/11/1611.full
SO  - CMAJ1997 Jun 01; 156
AB  - Cuts in government funding mean that Canada's medical schools have to seek new ways to raise funds. Susan Thorne examines some of the ways faculties of medicine are coping with change. In the brave new world of medical education, schools are combining classes for medical students and other health professionals, seeking business alliances, encouraging attendance by full-tuition students from other countries and diversifying revenue bases through new programs, such as McGill's new 5-year MD-MBA degree.