The study found that, by some measures, the humanities students made more sensitive doctors: they were more than twice as likely to train as psychiatrists (14 percent compared with 5.6 percent of their classmates) and somewhat more likely — though less so than Dr. Kase had expected — to go into primary care fields, like pediatrics and obstetrics and gynecology (49 percent compared with 39 percent). Conversely, they avoid some fields, like surgical subspecialties and anesthesiology.
This is a really interesting idea. I think that there are several things (including the intense focus on the natural sciences and reification of ‘science’—as an ultimate source of all truth and logic devoid of cultural or moral influence—w/o much focus on the philosophy/history of science) about med school pedagogy that do not produce very thoughtful doctors. but, i wonder if thoughtful doctors are really the doctors that biomedicine requires.
also i hate the term ‘hard sciences’ because of the implication of ‘soft sciences.’ generally i use ‘natural sciences’ versus ‘social(/behavioral) sciences,’ but that implies a dichotomy between the natural and the social as though they don’t include each other. so i give up.
-
bespangled liked this
-
littleorphanammo liked this
-
kentster liked this
-
alohanico reblogged this from anthropophagous and added:
relevant, as the plan was...eventually apply my degree in Physical Anthropology to med...
-
rivertrash reblogged this from anthropophagous and added:
I’ve been thinking about medical school...LOT lately, but it would require such a crazy...
-
criticalculture liked this
-
becoming-wave said:
Well, thinking psychiatrists are nice anyhow. There’s nothing worse than a shallow, utilitarian mental health practitioner. If they refute “insight based” therapy and believe solely in empirical methods (i.e. strictly CBT) they’re useless to me.
-
ch-ch-chuffed liked this
-
somnambulistic liked this
-
dhool liked this
-
whakahekeheke liked this
-
anthropophagous posted this
