TY - JOUR
T1 - A "paradise for Scholars"
T2 - Flexner and the institute for advanced study
AU - Gunderman, Richard B.
AU - Gascoine, Kelly
AU - Hafferty, Frederic W.
AU - Kanter, Steven L.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2010/11
Y1 - 2010/11
N2 - The story of Abraham Flexner's role in the founding of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, offers important insights into Flexner himself and valuable lessons for contemporary leaders in academic medicine. The authors review this remarkable achievement along with Flexner's other accomplishments in the 49 years he lived after the 1910 publication of his report on medical schools in the United States and Canada. Lessons include his approach to philanthropy, his determination and networking, his belief in the synergism between the natural sciences and the humanities, and his regard for learning as a lifelong process. Flexner's record was not unblemished, however, and the cases in which he faltered also offer important lessons for today's academic leaders.
AB - The story of Abraham Flexner's role in the founding of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, offers important insights into Flexner himself and valuable lessons for contemporary leaders in academic medicine. The authors review this remarkable achievement along with Flexner's other accomplishments in the 49 years he lived after the 1910 publication of his report on medical schools in the United States and Canada. Lessons include his approach to philanthropy, his determination and networking, his belief in the synergism between the natural sciences and the humanities, and his regard for learning as a lifelong process. Flexner's record was not unblemished, however, and the cases in which he faltered also offer important lessons for today's academic leaders.
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U2 - 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181f56213
DO - 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181f56213
M3 - Article
C2 - 20881819
AN - SCOPUS:78649319381
SN - 1040-2446
VL - 85
SP - 1784
EP - 1789
JO - Academic Medicine
JF - Academic Medicine
IS - 11
ER -