The Virtual Visiting Professor: A Step Toward a Parasocial Common Curriculum?

In 1977 Eiseman and Thompson published a special article in the New England Journal of Medicine commenting on the odd, largely American legacy of “The Visiting Professor.”1Eiseman B. Thompson J.C. The visiting professor.N Engl J Med. 1977; 296: 845-850Crossref PubMed Scopus (9) Google Scholar The authors traced the history of inviting distinguished lecturers from A-list East Coast medical schools to far-flung outposts somewhere west of New York...