REFLECTIONS ON RELEVANCE, RESISTANCE, AND REFORM IN MEDICAL-EDUCATION

This chapter reflects upon the collective experiences of the eight sch ools participating in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's ''Preparing Physicians for the Future: A Program in Medical Education,'' highligh ting the lessons learned over the five years of the program. The autho rs set the context and give a short history of the program. They discu ss the ways in which the processes of change occurred at the eight sch ools, commenting on issues of leadership, governance, communication, f aculty development, integration, instructional methods, student assess ment, and program evaluation (all of which received lengthier treatmen t in earlier chapters). The authors conclude that changes in all of th ese areas are necessary for successful re form of medical education.