BMJ 2001; 323 (7327). (22-29 December)

Survey: What's your ideal medical school?

The 2001 Christmas issue contained three people's description of their ideal medical school.

We asked people to vote on the three descriptions:

  • Renaissance School of Medicine, p 1454
  • François Rabelais School of Medicine, p 1456
  • Confucius School of Medicine, p 1458

The final tally, with 521 people responding:

Renaissance
School of Medicine
36%
Francois Rabelais
School of Medicine
22%
Confucius
School of Medicine
40%

 

Rapid Responses:

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No Perfect Medical School
Lawrence I. Silverberg
bmj.com, 21 Dec 2001 [Full text]
Le passé répond de l'avenir
genevieve uchida-ernouf
bmj.com, 21 Dec 2001 [Full text]
We're human too
Alexandra C Caygill
bmj.com, 24 Dec 2001 [Full text]
Confucius say "who can, can do"
Bernard C Boyd
bmj.com, 24 Dec 2001 [Full text]
Medical Philosophy
Muhammad Shoaib
bmj.com, 26 Dec 2001 [Full text]
An applicant for the Renaissance medical school
Gráinne M Murphy
bmj.com, 28 Dec 2001 [Full text]
A complete doctor
GIULIANA TAROZZI
bmj.com, 28 Dec 2001 [Full text]
med school of future
o powell
bmj.com, 28 Dec 2001 [Full text]
Torn
Geraint W Lewis
bmj.com, 30 Dec 2001 [Full text]
Holistic medical education
B Rajendran
bmj.com, 31 Dec 2001 [Full text]
Is medicine a life or death science?
Margaret C Hannah
bmj.com, 31 Dec 2001 [Full text]
The new medical school in Devon and Cornwall will be a renaissance school
Donald M McLintock
bmj.com, 31 Dec 2001 [Full text]
What a dream!!!!
Robert J. Carpenter, Jr.
bmj.com, 2 Jan 2002 [Full text]
Different people, different doctors
A R (Rod) MacQueen
bmj.com, 2 Jan 2002 [Full text]
DO UNTO OTHERS........................
Hadiza M suleiman
bmj.com, 2 Jan 2002 [Full text]
Good students make good medical schools and schooling should never stop.
Kenrick Berend
bmj.com, 3 Jan 2002 [Full text]
Back to Basics
Andrew Haig
bmj.com, 4 Jan 2002 [Full text]
Why I chose
Charles E Swanson, II
bmj.com, 4 Jan 2002 [Full text]
A combination of Renaissance and Confucius would be best.
Kimberly England
bmj.com, 4 Jan 2002 [Full text]
The Closest One
john j g
bmj.com, 4 Jan 2002 [Full text]
Renaissance School makes most sense
Cassie A Floyd
bmj.com, 4 Jan 2002 [Full text]
Why Confucius
Dodson W. Thompson
bmj.com, 4 Jan 2002 [Full text]
The Renaissance School
Derwood E. Basham
bmj.com, 4 Jan 2002 [Full text]
Long live the Rabelaisists!
M R Cope
bmj.com, 4 Jan 2002 [Full text]
least harsh
Scott L Gland
bmj.com, 4 Jan 2002 [Full text]
Medical Student's Response
Dava M Collier
bmj.com, 4 Jan 2002 [Full text]
Renaissance School
Brian Abbott
bmj.com, 4 Jan 2002 [Full text]
Confucian Medical School
Leslie Marcum
bmj.com, 4 Jan 2002 [Full text]
Osteopathic philosophy
Anthony L Martin
bmj.com, 4 Jan 2002 [Full text]
All medical professions together
KEVIN S. COMBS
bmj.com, 4 Jan 2002 [Full text]
Schools of Doctors' Dreams
Richard N. Stewart
bmj.com, 4 Jan 2002 [Full text]
Travis Ansley's response
Travis S. Ansley
bmj.com, 4 Jan 2002 [Full text]
School of Doctors' Dreams
Richard N. Stewart
bmj.com, 4 Jan 2002 [Full text]
Why Confucius Appeals to Me
Michelle R Carpenter
bmj.com, 4 Jan 2002 [Full text]
personal pathology
kumar a. singh
bmj.com, 4 Jan 2002 [Full text]
Confucian school
Jessica E. Gordon
bmj.com, 4 Jan 2002 [Full text]
Renaissance is the best option
Derrick J. Hamilton
bmj.com, 4 Jan 2002 [Full text]
One Criticism
William P. Hoskins
bmj.com, 4 Jan 2002 [Full text]
Regarding the Renaissance School of General Medicine
Kevin D. Howard
bmj.com, 4 Jan 2002 [Full text]
The Characteristics of an Ideal Medical School
Shane Napier
bmj.com, 4 Jan 2002 [Full text]
What a Wonderful World This Would Be:
Laura P. Ashby
bmj.com, 4 Jan 2002 [Full text]
Renaissance School
Tara C. Long
bmj.com, 4 Jan 2002 [Full text]
Back to Basics
Christopher Hofelich
bmj.com, 4 Jan 2002 [Full text]
Choice of Ideal Medical School
Dustin K. Devers
bmj.com, 4 Jan 2002 [Full text]
Three proposed curriculums
Harty E. Ashby-Richardson
bmj.com, 4 Jan 2002 [Full text]
Better to know a little about everything
Cassandra A. Garrett
bmj.com, 4 Jan 2002 [Full text]
A True Story
Anthony P. Collins
bmj.com, 4 Jan 2002 [Full text]



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