Opinion Review
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World J Clin Cases. Jul 26, 2023; 11(21): 4966-4974
Published online Jul 26, 2023. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v11.i21.4966
Flexner has fallen: Transitions in medical education system across time, a gradual return to pre-Flexnerian state (de-Flexnerization)
Nasser A N Alzerwi
Nasser A N Alzerwi, Department of Surgery, Majmaah University, Majmaah 11952, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Corresponding author: Nasser A N Alzerwi, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Majmaah University, Riyadh Region, Majmaah 11952, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. n.alzerwi@mu.edu.sa
Received: December 23, 2022
Peer-review started: December 23, 2022
First decision: March 10, 2023
Revised: March 29, 2023
Accepted: July 3, 2023
Article in press: July 3, 2023
Published online: July 26, 2023
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Core Tip

Core Tip: Learning is the process by which experience is transformed into new knowledge. Flexner's suggestions should be reinstituted in the medical education system. There are many dilutions almost to the pre-Flexnerian level, mostly on the part of students who are focused on just getting their degree and becoming doctors and on the part of faculty who spend less time with the students because more time is given to patient care. Although the majority of them are professed to be implemented.