Medicine, Money and Manpower — The Challenge to Professional Education

Abstract

THE health professions are beginning to meet the formidable challenges inherent in the affluent, demanding, new health-care economy. With varying degrees of enthusiasm, speed and success, and with considerable prodding from the Government and consumer groups, the professional schools are generally expanding, multiplying and otherwise trying to meet the ever growing demand for more health personnel.Some of these efforts were described in the previous papers, particularly Part III. The present paper focuses on some even more significant developments in basic restructuring of the educational programs and the professions and occupations for which they prepare.Past Is PrologueFor the . . .