KevinMD October 23, 2024
Introduction
In the book Ender’s Game, humans face a time-dilation war in which they must travel light-years into the future to face an enemy of unknown strength and scale. The weapons and technology they possess for the journey may be outdated by their arrival, because relativity minimizes the passage of time. The same dilemma is true for medical and premedical students who can spend decades in training, only to emerge without the proper knowledge or tools to navigate a win-or-die marketplace. The arena within which physicians operate is governed by cultural, economic, and natural forces of reality that create unique and incredible demands on physicians. In this article, we will examine these three elemental forces, analyze how they shape the...
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