I accept virtually every invitation I receive to speak to students studying to enter the health field—whether in medical school or in policy or public health. Earlier this month, I spoke virtually to a group of medical students as part of a summer lecture series hosted by a major university. It would be an understatement to say they don’t accept the idea of a market-based system that would … [Read more...] about Medical Futures
Medical Education
Ideology over Education
The state of graduate medical education gets too little attention, but the next generation of medicine is being shaped by what is happening right now. Covid school closures were a disaster, including for medical students, but the problems have been brewing much longer as curricula increasingly prioritize a “woke” agenda over scientific education. Dr. Stanley Goldfarb, a former associate dean … [Read more...] about Ideology over Education