How to fix the premedical curriculum
L Thomas - New England Journal of Medicine, 1978 - Mass Medical Soc
L Thomas
New England Journal of Medicine, 1978•Mass Medical SocTHE influence of the modern medical school on liberal-arts education in this country over the
last decade has been baleful and malign, nothing less. The admission policies of the
medical schools are at the root of the trouble. If something is not done quickly to change
these policies, all the joy of going to college will have been destroyed, not just for that
growing majority of undergraduate students who draw breath only to become doctors, but for
everyone else, all the students, and all the faculty as well. The medical schools used to say …
last decade has been baleful and malign, nothing less. The admission policies of the
medical schools are at the root of the trouble. If something is not done quickly to change
these policies, all the joy of going to college will have been destroyed, not just for that
growing majority of undergraduate students who draw breath only to become doctors, but for
everyone else, all the students, and all the faculty as well. The medical schools used to say …
THE influence of the modern medical school on liberal-arts education in this country over the last decade has been baleful and malign, nothing less. The admission policies of the medical schools are at the root of the trouble. If something is not done quickly to change these policies, all the joy of going to college will have been destroyed, not just for that growing majority of undergraduate students who draw breath only to become doctors, but for everyone else, all the students, and all the faculty as well.
The medical schools used to say they wanted applicants as broadly educated . . .
The New England Journal Of Medicine