Are premedical education requirements relevant to medical practice?

摘要

While these exchanges are fictitious, they are not far from my actual daily experience with medical students. As a teacher, I often draw references from art, literature, or political science. What educated person doesn't know about the rich body of work created by Charles Dickens? Or the transcendent art created by Leonardo da Vinci? While my medical students are generally kind, curious, and intelligent, they are largely ignorant of the humanities. Because my own education was steeped in traditional courses such as art, literature, political science, English, and history, I personally find it difficult to see how my students can function in modern society without even the slightest clue about Dickens or Leonardo. But they do.