American medical education: some aspects of innovation activity in the 1980s–1990s

Abstract

The article focuses on some aspects of innovation activity in US medical education during the 1980s and 1990s. It has been found out that in the 1980s the US medical education system was well-established. The innovation activity of the mentioned period included elective courses in the fourth year of study in medical colleges, the Fifth Pathway program, the emergence of managed care, etc.