Re: Medical training war stories

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

Thanks again for the comments and "war stories."  I believe that part of the
problem is a decline in the quality of pre-medical undergraduate education.
Most of what these doctors don't seem to know is taught in freshman
chemistry, which they all had to take.  We used to require a regular,
one-year physical chemistry course of all pre-meds, and when I was a postdoc
at U. of Colorado, I taught a three-week physical chemistry refresher to the
first-year med students (but that was a long time ago).  So I have a
suggestion: can the HPS mount a postgraduate course especially for doctors?
Could some medical school give credit for it so doctors would take it?  It
seems to me that a two-week intensive course would do it, since basic atomic
structure should not be new to an M. D. (at least I hope so).  I would be
happy to assist in such a course (help teach it).

I would also add that many doctors I know do have adequate knowledge about
the effects of ionizing radiation -- that was why I was surprised to find
one who didn't, and why I asked the question in the first place.

Ruth Weiner
ruth_weiner@msn.com
-----Original Message-----
From: J. J. Rozental <joseroze@netvision.net.il>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Date: Saturday, July 22, 2000 2:32 AM
Subject: Re: Medical training war stories


>Dear Dr Marcus,
>
>With due respect, It is hard to me to admit what you mention: "To avoid a
>lawsuit, the docs recommend an abortion" and."The doc helps them through
>their guilt"
>
>Unbelievable!!!!!
>
>
>Jose Julio Rozental
>joseroze@netvision.net.il
>Israel
>
>
>> Dear Andy and Radsafers:
>>
>> Don't blame the docs.  Most of them know that the radiation dose is
>trivial.
>> However, about 5% of babies are born with abnormalities, and the mothers
>go
>> to lawyers who have a field day, and to avoid a lawsuit, the docs
>recommend
>> an abortion.  Also, many women WANT the abortion, but they feel guilty
>about
>> it, and doing it because of radiation hazard "legitimizes" it.  The doc
>> helps them through their guilt.  So, be careful where you lay the blame.
>>
>> Ciao, Carol
>>
>> Carol S. Marcus, Ph.D., M.D.
>> <csmarcus@ucla.edu>
>>
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