title: Western medical schools--a breed apart.
abstract: The 16 medical schools in the 13 western states are distinctive from their counterparts nationally in several ways: they are relatively young, enroll a small number of medical students, and tend to be strongly research oriented. The rise of these institutions since Abraham Flexner's visit to all of the western schools in 1909 reflects a truly remarkable development.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Dale
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D012577:Schools, Medical; D014481:United States