Re: A question about medical training

["ruth_weiner" <ruth_weiner@email.msn.com>]

Thanks to all the people who took time to answer my question about medical
training and radiation.  I confess to being shocked: in the 1970s, when I
advised pre-med majors and taught both general chemistry and physical
chemistry, pre-meds still took the regular physical chemistry course, where
they couldn't help but learn some of this stuff.  I understand that many
colleges now offer a watered-down physical chemistry course for pre-med,
which is a shame.

Anyway, thanks again.

Ruth Weiner
ruth_weiner@msn.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Isenhower <garyi@bcm.tmc.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Date: Thursday, July 20, 2000 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: A question about medical training


>Radiologists receive pretty extensive training including all the points you
mentioned, whether they use it or remember it.  Non radiologists receive
next to no training in health physics / radiation.
>
>Gary Isenhower
>Baylor College of Medicine
>garyi@bcm.tmc.edu
>713-798-8353
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "ruth_weiner" <ruth_weiner@email.msn.com>
>To: "Multiple recipients of list" <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
>Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 11:51 AM
>Subject: A question about medical training
>
>
>
>> So my question is: what is taught currently in medical school and pre-med
>> courses about ionizing radiation?  could someone give me a summary?  How
>> much is a doctor expected to know (he sends people for x-rays, after
all)?
>> Was this person just trying to see if I knew what I was talking about?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for your help
>> Ruth F. Weiner, Ph. D.
>> 7336 Lew Wallace NE
>> Albuquerque, NM
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