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...said Daniel D. Federman '49, dean for medical education. "He's a connecting kind of person. People relate easily...
Currently, 30 percent of American physicians practice primary care. Only about 15 percent of Harvard medical students are entering the field, according to Dean for Medical Education Dr. Daniel D. Federman...
...have not adopted a school policy that 50 percent of our students will go into primary care," says Federman. "We are strengthening our primary care offerings and giving them a glimpse of general practice, but we will not push our students toward that field...
...Federman, Walter professor of medicine andmedical education, says, "[The New Pathway] doesnot resemble a family practice course in any way,but it still instills the values and respect thata patient deserves." The program includes acase-based tutorial that encourages students totake a holistic look at diagnoses...
...Federman agrees with this idea. He says:"Reimbursement policies of the past sixty yearshave rewarded surgeons who perform a certainprocedure better than physicians who take the timeto counsel patients...