
OpinionAugust 27, 2020
Medical Education Needs Rethinking
Under the lingering influence of the 110-year-old Flexner Report, medical schools still minimize social and environmental factors in the understanding and treatment of disease
Sarah Matathia, M.D., M.P.H., is a family practitioner at Massachusetts General Hospital, a clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School and a Public Voices fellow with The OpEd Project.

Medical Education Needs Rethinking
Under the lingering influence of the 110-year-old Flexner Report, medical schools still minimize social and environmental factors in the understanding and treatment of disease