The Blog Of Dysfunction

I was sent a really good paper named "Myths About Medical School" published in The Journal of Biblical Ethics in Medicine (JBEM) by Mr Mark Mosely by one of my freinds, her are some snippets. Please do read the whole article.

He is so sure of himself and his slides, he knows the purpose of fife and is completely ignorant of the doubts and disappointments that turn talented men grey . . . It is difficult to make him change his opinions, and quite impossible to argue with him. How can you argue with a man who is firmly convinced that medicine is the best science, that doctors are the best people and that medical traditions are the best traditions.'
- Anton Chekhov, A Boring Story

Some of the myths he bursts are:

Med Schools Pick the Best People to be Doctors.
God Wants You to Make Good Medical School Grades.
I Don't Have Time to Do Anything Except Study.
Medical Information Should Be Value-Free.
Medicine is a Business.
You Can't Change the System

He says

" Pre-med students who want to be prepared for American medicine, and develop the type of critical thinking used in medicine would be better off majoring in philosophy, literature, theology, epidemiology, computers, business or political science rather than biology, chemistry and physics. (Incidentally, this is one of the suggestions of the American Academy of American Medical Colleges to improve medical education)."

" Our goal, in my opinion, should be to study medicine and scripture diligently, be available to those hurting around us, and pass."

"the medical literature scientifically bears out that a good prognosticator of being a "good" doctor is to practice discipleship, do volunteer work, lend an ear to others and study human sciences (ethics, theology, psychiatry, anthropology, literature), while passing medical school and studying hard.It is amazing that even the humanistic philosophy in medical education recognizes the foolishness of competitive ranking and advocates Biblical principles, although without acknowledging God."

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