" it established Flexner's reputation and shaped the future of medical education.РAbraham Flexner?(1866-1959)РA child of German Jewish immigrants, Flexner was born in Louisville, Kentucky. РFlexner spent two years at Johns Hopkins and earned a B.A. in Classics in 1886. Johns Hopkins stressed postgraduate education, then very rare in the United States, and Flexner hoped to continue his studies, but the fellowship he sought eluded him. РIn 1890, he founded an experimental school, which had no formal curriculum, exams, or grades, but excelled at preparing students for prestigious colleges.РFlexner questioned the role of higher education in America, strove to understand the place of the American university, and dedicated himself to improving the system of medical education in the United States
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