tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35630644.post116326274239051512..comments2023-04-11T05:03:28.333-07:00Comments on The Politics of Dancing: Will "Googling" Replace Four Years Of Medical School?Sam L. Parityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720609022353896927noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35630644.post-1163313478344272552006-11-11T22:37:00.000-08:002006-11-11T22:37:00.000-08:00As a current medical student, I agree that the mas...As a current medical student, I agree that the massive information learned can be overhwhelming. However, I don't understand why patients would prefer that their physicians skip the 4 years of medical school and instead spend all their time focused on the technical skills of their trade. If something goes wrong in surgery, do you have time to google a solution? <BR/><BR/>The first two years ofAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35630644.post-1163292922174275642006-11-11T16:55:00.000-08:002006-11-11T16:55:00.000-08:00One of the issues with this practice is that this ...One of the issues with this practice is that this makes search engines and other such service providers much more critical to the process of medical diagnosis, treatment, and cure. What additional considerations would have to be taken and what changes would need to be made in order to ensure an increased level of accuracy and availability of such services as well as the information reported to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35630644.post-1163269640866176842006-11-11T10:27:00.000-08:002006-11-11T10:27:00.000-08:00I agree that rote memorization is probably not the...I agree that rote memorization is probably not the best approach to medical education. I'm for learning concepts, memorizing key facts, and looking up the rest. The story here paints an extreme approach, but there might be some movement in this direction (of using more online reference information as opposed to memorized facts).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com