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Students pack a classroom at the University of North Texas Health Science Center. The school has a program in which future physicians train alongside those from its pharmacy, physician assistant, and physical therapy schools, and a nearby nursing program. It’s part of a movement to adapt medical education to a changing health care system. On the right, Keeley Ewing-
Bramblett, MD, talks with Clay Buchanan, MD, both graduates of an accelerated family medicine program at Texas Tech Health Sciences Center at Lubbock.
COVER PHOTO BY BOB DAEMMRICH 20 Bright ideas
Texas medical schools are part of a movement to adapt medical edu- cation to today’s evolving health care system. They are trying to get ahead of the curve with innovative approaches to meeting the current physician workforce demands, such as reducing medical school from four to three years. BY AMY LYNN SORREL
December 2013 TEXAS MEDICINE 1
JIM LINCOLN
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