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@Goro
Q&A with Goro
In the above interview, you indicate that Medical Education has become more toxic in the last ten years. Could you briefly elaborate? Do you mean the process of actually getting into Medical School, which is certainly as full of toxicity as a Dig level of 5?
Or during Medical School itself? I've precepted M3 & M4 Medical Students over the years who rotated through my outpatient HMO primary care clinic (not officially affiliated with a Medical School), and they seem very happy and very well prepared. Certainly more prepared than I was at that level, eons ago. I'm biased, but I am far from a toxic teacher.
I also devoted about 1/10th of my working time to outpatient teaching to our Internal Medicine Residents (again this was not a Medical School Residency but at our independent HMO Internal Medicine Residency), and they were similarly happy (and treated more humanely than I was treated 35 years ago during my Internal Medicine Residency). Again, I don't believe I was a toxic teacher.
I'm not disputing your statement at all. Medical Education has a lot of room for improvement (so does Health Care in this country overall).
Q&A with Goro
In the above interview, you indicate that Medical Education has become more toxic in the last ten years. Could you briefly elaborate? Do you mean the process of actually getting into Medical School, which is certainly as full of toxicity as a Dig level of 5?
Or during Medical School itself? I've precepted M3 & M4 Medical Students over the years who rotated through my outpatient HMO primary care clinic (not officially affiliated with a Medical School), and they seem very happy and very well prepared. Certainly more prepared than I was at that level, eons ago. I'm biased, but I am far from a toxic teacher.
I also devoted about 1/10th of my working time to outpatient teaching to our Internal Medicine Residents (again this was not a Medical School Residency but at our independent HMO Internal Medicine Residency), and they were similarly happy (and treated more humanely than I was treated 35 years ago during my Internal Medicine Residency). Again, I don't believe I was a toxic teacher.
I'm not disputing your statement at all. Medical Education has a lot of room for improvement (so does Health Care in this country overall).