Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2026-02-19
Books mentioned on How the Flexner Report Changed Medicine
The Flexner Report shook up medicine in the United States when it was released in 1910 and it's never been the same since. For better or worse.
Josh Clark discussed The American College by Abraham Flexner and Medical Education in the United States and Canada,... by Abraham Flexner... by Abraham Flexner.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The American College
Discussed“And after earning a degree in psychology from Harvard, he wrote a book called The American College, which was sort of the Flexner report of the university system as a whole.”
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Medical Education in the United States and Canada,... by Abraham Flexner...
Medical Education in the United States and Canada, commonly known as the Flexner Report, is a historically influential 1910 study authored by Abraham Flexner for the Carnegie Foundation that overhauled modern medical schooling.
Discussed“the way he wrote uh in what was called Carnegie Foundation bulletin number four or medical education in the United States and Canada aka Flexner report was that uh very muckreking style.”
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