John Thrasher, Durell Peaden and Nancy Peaden attend graduation for the
Class of 2005. (Photo by Ray Stanyard)
‘A NEW MODEL’
The bill that proposed the Florida State University College of Medicine (House Bill
1121, 2000 session, by Rep. Durell Peaden Jr., R-Crestview) spelled out the case
for a new medical school. This language taken directly from the bill amounts to its
marching orders.
It is the intent of the Legislature that the Florida State University College of
Medicine represent a new model for the training of allopathic physician healers
for the citizens of the state. In accordance with this intent, the governing
philosophy of the College of Medicine should include the training of students,
in a humane environment, in the scientific, clinical, and behavioral practices
required to deliver patient-centered health care in the 21st century.
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