Your First Patient: The opportunity to dissect a human body is a once in a lifetime opportunity. The cadaver that you will use for dissection was donated by a person who wished to make a contribution to your education as a physician. It is not possible to put into words the emotions experienced by that individual as he or she made …
The moment medical students discover a profound appreciation for humanity
“The Eastern medicine revolution?”
These were the words emblazoned across the screen behind Dr. David L. Katz, founding director of the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center, as he discussed the growing popularity of holistic integrative medicine on a recent edition of the Katie Couric Show.
The conversation centered on the opening of Cleveland Clinic’s Chinese herb therapy ward in January of this year, the first of its kind at a major U.S. hospital. Dr. …
Why we’re not ready to embrace Eastern medicine
In his commencement address at Sarah Lawrence College, international affairs journalist and author Fareed Zakaria defended the value of a liberal arts education. “At its essence,” explained Zakaria, “a liberal education is an education to free the mind from dogma, from controls, from constraints. It is an exercise in freedom.” His speech, I imagine, was well received and much appreciated by the over 400 graduates earning liberal arts degrees that day …
Why premedical students need the liberal arts
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