title: The history of the rise and fall in importance of the clinicopathologic conference in American medicine.
abstract: This article is a review of the history of the clinicopathologic conference, a teaching method used for and by physicians in medical schools and hospitals throughout the United States since the beginning of the 20th century.
authors.affiliation: hm.malkin@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Harold M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Malkin
mesh_terms: D003226:Congresses as Topic; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D010338:Pathology, Clinical / Q000193:education* / Q000266:history / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States