Health professionals for a new century: transforming education to strengthen health systems in an interdependent world

100 years ago a series of studies about the education of health professionals led by the 1910 Flexner report sparked groundbreaking reforms. Through integration of modern science into the curricula at university-based schools the reforms equipped health professionals with the knowledge that contributed to the doubling of life span during the 20th century. By the beginning of the 21st century however all is not well. Glaring gaps and inequities...