December 8, 2006

A Continued Need for Pre-Med Courses

To the Editor:

Ezekiel J. Emanuel joins a long list of medical educators who have called for reform and redefinition of medical education in the United States ("How to Redefine a Medical Education," The Chronicle Review, October 20). Professor Emanuel recommends the addition of new material to the medical-school curriculum in the fields of management, statistics, health economics, law, information technology, ethics, and communications. He also feels that "many pre-med