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. 2018 Jul 27;9(3):e97-e100.
eCollection 2018 Jul.

Are we failing to "build on the scientific basis of medicine?"

Sylvain Coderre  1 , Ira Ripstein  2 , Pamela Veale  1 , Kevin McLaughlin  1
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Are we failing to "build on the scientific basis of medicine?"

Sylvain Coderre et al. Can Med Educ J. .

Abstract

In this article, we question if and why the Canadian national medical education organizations have failed to introduce or promote changes that compel or encourage Canadian medical schools to heed the recommendation from the Future of Medical Education in Canada report to "build on the scientific basis of medicine." We end by offering suggestions on how these organizations could help Canadian medical schools build in the scientific basis of medicine.

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Conflicts of interest: None of the authors have a conflict of interest related to the content of this article.

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Number of publications in the three medical education journals with highest impact factor between 2011 and 2016
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