Writing in 2002, Snyderman and Weil remarked that by the early twentieth century the Flexner model had helped to create the 20th-century academic health center, in which education, research, and practice were inseparable.
I 2002 skrev Snyderman og Weil at fra det tidlige 20. århundrede havde Flexners model hjulpet med at skabe det 20. århundredes akademiske sundhedscenter, i hvilket uddannelse, forskning og praksis var uadskillelige.