Medical schools seeking new ways to cope with funding cutbacks
Thorne, S.
Cmaj Canadian Medical Association Journal 156(11): 1611-1613
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0820-3946 PMID: 9176430 Document Number: 318014
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.