When Aaron Laviana started medical school at Georgetown University in 2007, he dissected a cadaver in his first week, in anatomy class.
Today, classes such as "Physician-Patient Communication" and "Social and Cultural Issues in Health Care" come first.
Dissection doesn't begin until month four at...
medical schoolsMedical schools revise curricula to adapt to changing worldwashingtonpost.com - Health Mon, 11/09/2009 - 19:30
Is Drug Company Money Tainting Medical Education?TIME: Top Science and Health Stories Fri, 03/06/2009 - 07:50
Harvard gets a failing grade in potentially troubling links between Big Pharma and medical schools Medical schools, journals fight industry influenceHeadlines from the Associated Press Wed, 09/10/2008 - 22:07
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Just about every segment of the medical community is piling on the pharmaceutical industry these days, accusing drugmakers of deceiving the public, manipulating doctors and putting profits before patients.... |
