PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - T. J. Murray
TI  - Medical education and society
DP  - 1995 Nov 15
TA  - Canadian Medical Association Journal
PG  - 1433--1436
VI  - 153
IP  - 10
4099  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/153/10/1433.short
4100  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/153/10/1433.full
SO  - CMAJ1995 Nov 15; 153
AB  - As health care changes under the pressures of restraint and constraint our vision of the future of medical education should be based on the medical school's responsibility to the community. The medical school is "an academy in the community": as an academy, it fosters the highest standards in education and research; as an institution in the community, it seeks to improve public health and alleviate suffering. The author argues that to better achieve these goals medical schools need to become more responsible and responsive to the population they serve. Medical schools have been slow to accept fully the social contract by which, in return for their service to society, they enjoy special rights and benefits. This contract requires that medical educators listen to the public, talk honestly and constructively with government representatives and assess the needs and expectations of the community.