I certainly agree with all that you said about why medicine is taxing
and long road to travel carrer, however, I must disagree with your
proposals to change the system.
> 1> Make Premed 3 years long, and teach Biochem and Micro
This seems to forget that college is probably the last chance many
people get to try new things and learn a few things about the arts,
culture, other related fields, sonthing to diversify ones interests,
give them something to do other than just medicine, basically makes us
all a little more interesting to talk with (and maby a little easier to
talk to)
> in premed. 2>Make Medschool 3 years long by going all year long.
So many students in medical school are already pressed for time and
frsutration having to make early descisions about internships and
residencies, I just don’t see where this will help the learning process.
First and second years are so much lecture time and so much information
that a restructuring of the system may be in order. Seems a more topic
or organ system oriented approach would be a better move than decreasing
the time. Most undergraduates are not ready to take a medical course in
Micro/ID (that is what it really is) or medical biochem. Unless what
you are saying is to turn medical school into a 6 year frolic.
> Having eliminated
> Biochem and Micro, you could then spend more time on pre-clinical
> instruction and pathology.
> 3>Cap tuition in state schools and demand honest accounting of "the
> cost of medical educaton."
I would love to see something done about the high cost of tuition, but
that seems it has reached the point where only a restructuring of the
entire medical system could help there i.e cheaper socialized system
that pays tution (in part), medical costs, salaries etc.
> 4>Approach residency certification with a knife. If a program is
What do you think about the new laws instituted in NY? They certainly
address the problem. I personally wish that we could better manage our
own house rather than state and federal legislatures.
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