TY - JOUR T1 - Medical schools seeking new ways to cope with funding cutbacks JF - Canadian Medical Association Journal JO - CMAJ SP - 1611 LP - 1612 VL - 156 IS - 11 AU - S. Thorne Y1 - 1997/06/01 UR - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/156/11/1611.abstract N2 - 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. ER -