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. 2009;120:227–238.

Table 1.

Historic Periods in American Medical School Development*

  • Pre 1800 (4)

  • Pre Civil War (31)

  • Post Civil War (35)

  • Post Flexner Report (9)

  • Post World War II to 1978 (45)

  • Plateau phase 1978–2003 (1)

  • Millennial growth and development? (13)

*No. of medical schools founded in parentheses.