At last, the first post!
As a premedical student, one wonders what remote relevance if any do topics like quantum tunneling have on one's future career as a doctor, unless of course you are a physics major with a hankering for quantum mechanics. One may also wonder: does getting an A in every premedical requirement mean that one will be an adept clinician someday? Perhaps performance in these classes could be indicative of an individual's rigorous work ethic or they could be speaking to an individual's personability or unfortunate lack thereof. To help clue us in on the possible answers to these puzzling questions is Dr. Donald A. Barr who, fortunately for all of us, wrote the following article on the issue:
Science as superstition: selecting medical students
Dr. Donal A. Barr is an associate professor at Stanford University. He obtained his M.D. from UCSF in 1973 and his P.h.D. in Sociology from Stanford University in 1993. If you found the article to your liking and are interested in finding out more about the issue Dr. Barr has written an insightful book on the matter called "Questioning the Premedical Paradigm: Enhancing Diversity in the Medical Profession a Century After the Flexner Report". It is an absolutely wonderful read that really makes wonder about the state of things concerning premedical education as well as medical admissions.
- Andrew
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