All of the following were a result of the Flexner Report in 1910 EXCEPT.

Question

Options

• AAcademic standards of medical schools became much more rigorous
• BMany medical schools closed
• CHomeopathic schools sanctioned homeopaths as "physicians"
• DOnly schools meeting the standards of LCME were able to award MD degrees

• A
  7% (3)
• B
  2% (1)
• C
  89% (41)
• D
  2% (1)

Explanation

Option C is correct (the exception) because the Flexner Report had the opposite effect on homeopathy - it actively discredited homeopathic and other alternative medicine schools, leading to their closure, not their legitimization. Homeopathic practitioners were never sanctioned as physicians as a result of the report.

Why the distractors are wrong (i.e., they DID result from Flexner):

• A - The report demanded that medical schools adopt rigorous, science-based curricula modeled after Johns Hopkins, dramatically raising academic standards.
• B - Of roughly 155 medical schools in 1910, more than half closed within two decades because they couldn't meet the new standards.
• D - The report established criteria that evolved into LCME (Liaison Committee on Medical Education) accreditation, making that body the gatekeeper for granting MD degrees.

Memory tip: Think of Flexner as the report that standardized and shrank medical education - it elevated science-based schools and eliminated everyone else, including homeopaths. If an answer suggests Flexner empowered alternative medicine, it's almost certainly wrong.

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