RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Medical schools seeking new ways to cope with funding cutbacks
JF Canadian Medical Association Journal
JO CMAJ
FD Canadian Medical Association
SP 1611
OP 1612
VO 156
IS 11
A1 Thorne, S.
YR 1997
UL http://www.cmaj.ca/content/156/11/1611.abstract
AB 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.