Teaching students should be the primary focus of medical schools

An anonymous medical student has this post on KevinMD — A star medical student feels like he made a terrible decision: And so, medical students learn quickly how to play this game. We enter noble. We leave jaded. We leave seeing that the smart move is to get out of it. And so the smartest of the smartest, the ones lucky enough to have a choice, go into fields where they limit their involvement with patients: dermatology, radiology, ophthalmology, anesthesiology. It begs the question: why are these the happiest, the most high-salaried, and patient-limited specialties? They all must have a connection. He goes on to lament how hard many clinicians work and how the other physicians make more money.  He laments has loss of empathy.  He clearly has burnout and possibly depression. Continue reading ... Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. Manage your online reputation: A social media guide. Find out how.
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - Category: Journals (General) Authors: Tags: Education Medical school Source Type: blogs