TY - JOUR
T1 - Lear, Tolstoy and the Medical Student
T2 - Wishing Well-Roundedness
AU - Jones-Quartey, K. M.
AU - Hogan, Kevin P.
AU - Rodeheffer, Richard J.
AU - Fishman, Jay A.
AU - Richter, G. W.
PY - 1978/9/14
Y1 - 1978/9/14
N2 - To the Editor: There is, it is true, nothing wrong with a broadly based education. However, the study of medicine is indeed a study of science, especially in modern times. A diversity of subjects to be studied should be encouraged, but I believe that for entry into medical school, the diversity must be phased out at the undergraduate level to give way to a greater concentration on biology, chemistry and physics. It is essential that a student just out of undergraduate college and entering the freshman year of medical school be well and truly knowledgeable of scientific concepts and principles.
AB - To the Editor: There is, it is true, nothing wrong with a broadly based education. However, the study of medicine is indeed a study of science, especially in modern times. A diversity of subjects to be studied should be encouraged, but I believe that for entry into medical school, the diversity must be phased out at the undergraduate level to give way to a greater concentration on biology, chemistry and physics. It is essential that a student just out of undergraduate college and entering the freshman year of medical school be well and truly knowledgeable of scientific concepts and principles.
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM197809142991119
DO - 10.1056/NEJM197809142991119
M3 - Letter
C2 - 683234
AN - SCOPUS:0018267756
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 299
SP - 608
EP - 609
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 11
ER -