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U.S. medical schools need to place more emphasis on education, says UF expert

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Most people believe a medical school’s primary function is to train future doctors, but in recent decades the focus at many U.S. academic medical centers has shifted away from education to generating income, leaving faculty with less time to teach, cautions a University of Florida College of Medicine administrator and education expert.

Filed under Education, Health, Research on Wednesday, July 16, 2003.