Alan Gregg memorial lecture. Medical education for the 21st century
LH Smith Jr - 1985 - journals.lww.com
LH Smith Jr
1985•journals.lww.comIt has been said that old men tell of what they have seen and heard, children of what they
are doing, and fools of what they are going to do (1). I plan to transgress against that wise
admonition, however, by stating my purpose up front. I plan to use this unique opportunity to
appear before the leaders of American medical education to speak on two closely
connected themes that together, in my opinion, are necessary for medical education for the
21st century: medicine as a science and medicine as an art.
are doing, and fools of what they are going to do (1). I plan to transgress against that wise
admonition, however, by stating my purpose up front. I plan to use this unique opportunity to
appear before the leaders of American medical education to speak on two closely
connected themes that together, in my opinion, are necessary for medical education for the
21st century: medicine as a science and medicine as an art.
It has been said that old men tell of what they have seen and heard, children of what they are doing, and fools of what they are going to do (1). I plan to transgress against that wise admonition, however, by stating my purpose up front. I plan to use this unique opportunity to appear before the leaders of American medical education to speak on two closely connected themes that together, in my opinion, are necessary for medical education for the 21st century: medicine as a science and medicine as an art.
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