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. 1997 Jun 1;156(11):1611–1612.

Medical schools seeking new ways to cope with funding cutbacks

S Thorne
PMCID: PMC1227511  PMID: 9176430

Abstract

Cuts in government funding mean that Canada's medical schools have to seek new ways to raise funds. Susan Thorne examines some of the ways faculties of medicine are coping with change. In the brave new world of medical education, schools are combining classes for medical students and other health professionals, seeking business alliances, encouraging attendance by full-tuition students from other countries and diversifying revenue bases through new programs, such as McGill's new 5-year MD-MBA degree.

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