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Robert H. Ebert, Dean of the Med School, went to San Fransisco this weekend to urge reform in medical education across the country...
...Ebert called for a complete reorientation of emphasis in medical training so that medical schools can do their part in improving the quality of health care...
...have some answers, some constructive ideas about the health care delivery system, the alternative may be pressure to create large numbers of doctors, and the modern version of the nineteenth century diploma mills may reappear," Ebert warned the Association of American Colleges on Saturday night. Ebert blamed the shortage of physicians on "the reluctance of medical schools to increase in size, and the expense of creating new medical schools" since they depend too heavily on funds ticketed for research...
...Money given for research and research training," Ebert said, "is the major source of support for the modern medical school...If a teacher obtains a research grant, he must be given an adequate laboratory which is well equipped. It is not unusual to make an initial investment of $50,000 to $100,000 in a new teacher, all of which is for support of his research...
DeGuglielmo said that the subject of a survey by the Med School came up last March when he was carrying on discussions with Dr. Robert H. Ebert, dean of the Med School, about the Cambridge City Hospital. The Med School currently has five full professors working on the staff there...