It’s really about knowing how to navigate the system. Need a family rich enough so that you don’t have to work to support yourself so you can scribe and volunteer, need to know what classes count for medical school admission, start prepping for MCAT and gaming that…
We have liars and manipulators as political leaders, liars and manipulators as spiritual leaders, why not liars and manipulators as health leaders? (/s)
I see an anti-correlation amoung the ~20 PhDs I trained over the years. I now only accept B students after a careful interview.
My biggest problem with Med students is how they lie, manipulate and game the system. Is this really who we want treating us or disease?
It’s really about knowing how to navigate the system. Need a family rich enough so that you don’t have to work to support yourself so you can scribe and volunteer, need to know what classes count for medical school admission, start prepping for MCAT and gaming that…
I have trained MD PhDs, and they do not fit that narrative. These people are gifted and work hard. But that is a handful within any med class.
We have liars and manipulators as political leaders, liars and manipulators as spiritual leaders, why not liars and manipulators as health leaders? (/s)
Not medical but I don’t know a single person who passed the courses I took who did not cheat, which is great to find out after failing many times.
Every person who wants to get a job does that, not only medics.