Would you still pursue medicine if the pay was much less? What if it paid nothing at all? If money wasn’t an issue, would you still be doing what you are doing today? This is a question I came across
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See One, Do One, Teach One
To learn medicine, they say you need to see it done once, do it yourself once and finally teach someone else how to do it. This has always been the way it was taught. But despite being such a classic
Change the World
Often in the thick of studying for a final exam, when medicine seems to be reduced to just memorizing long lists of diseases, anatomy, drugs and information – I think and ask, why am I in medicine? I remember before
Indecisive About Medical School
A friend recently brought up an interesting point of view. He is just about to finish his undergraduate degree in life sciences, he’s done well so far and his GPA shows it. He wrote his MCAT and applied to multiple
The Business Model of Medicine and Money
Last week, The New York Times published an article titled, Putting a Price on Compassion by Dr. Pauline Chen which was a response to an opinion piece called Money and the Changing Culture of Medicine written by Dr. Pamela Hartzband
The Taboo of Medicine and Money
I stumbled upon a blog post today asking the question “Do Doctors Make Too Much Money?” As I read on, what started out as a simple question soon ballooned to over 100+ comments from patients, doctors, residents and spouses all
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