What is the relationship between education, knowledge, and wisdom? This is not a trivial question, and the ramifications are far from obvious. Our lives may literally depend on it. Let me illustrate the problem.
Arrogance, Ignorance, or Both? Read Journal Article
If universities and their medical centers want to regain public trust, they must demonstrate that knowledge and learning—not image management—are once again the point of academic life. If they fail, new institutions will rise to take their place.
What Broke University Science? Read Journal Article
Ultimately, we need to reform the stranglehold that the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) and its Application Service (AMCAS) have on medical education. This whole process is worthy of study by the NIH.
The Perverse Incentives in the US Healthcare System Read Journal Article
Thanks to survival on the planet, I now know how to do more things around the house than I used to. Maybe add in YouTube for a few things, and there is a lot of learning available.
The Triumph of DIY Read Journal Article
With Covid-19 we were told that vaccination was our only way out of the pandemic, that natural immunity from prior infection was insufficient protection, and that the Covid vaccines were 95% effective. Except it wasn’t, because “95% effective” was based on obfuscation.
Vaccine Misunderstanding…or Intentional Deception? Read Journal Article
How do we find our way home? I suggest it starts by changing our governmental obligations from care to responsibility. How do you develop responsible people? You do it by making them bear the consequences of their decisions.
The Way Home Read Journal Article
As the Trump administration expands its battle to stamp out Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion ideology by targeting medical schools and hospitals, recent interactions with medical trainees highlighted just how entrenched this ideology has become in the education of doctors.
Poison Embedded in the Education of Doctors Read Journal Article
Almost one-third of government schools nationwide are now surveilling the mental health of students. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker recently signed a bill to bring “universal mental health screening” to Illinois students as part of his Children’s Behavioral Health Transformation Initiative.
Schools Make Kids Crazy Read Journal Article
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is the largest professional association for pediatricians in the United States. The Covid era revealed that the AAP has abandoned its stated mission and has betrayed children everywhere.
How the American Academy of Pediatrics Betrayed Children Everywhere Read Journal Article
There are good reasons to object to the new Illinois program based on general principles. If sufficient resources are not provided to allow careful and precise identification of children in distress, it has the potential to be a disaster.
Beware Universal Mental Health Screening Read Journal Article
I’m working on a story that will try to debunk a nonsensical and specious claim made by the Alabama Education Association that “sixty-five” Alabama educators died from Covid in the first 18 months of the pandemic.
In Six Years, Have Any Healthy Alabama Students Died from Covid? Read Journal Article
Medicine must learn to operate in a VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity) world. The recognition of the importance of this is beginning, but it must be added to the clinical competencies at every step in the education of health professionals.
Embracing Ambiguity and Outliers in a VUCA World Read Journal Article
