Professional ethics and social activism: Where have we been? Where are we going?
Coulehan J.; Williams P.C.
2009
Educating for Professionalism: Creating a Culture of Humanism in Medical Education
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When Andrea Fricchione visited Stony Brook for her medical school interview, she radiated warmth and enthusiasm. She had graduated with honors from a prestigious liberal arts college, but had purposely not applied directly to medical school. Instead, she chose to spend a year as a teacher with a volunteer organization in inner-city Baltimore. Like the vast majority of the seven hundred or so applicants we invite each year for interviews, Andrea had a snappy-looking "pre-med portfolio" that included excellent grades and test scores, considerable health-related volunteer experience, a wide array of undergraduate extracurricular activities, significant experience in a research laboratory, and a personal statement that described her compelling commitment to medicine. In addition, Andrea graduated with a humanities major. Copyright © 2000 by the University of Iowa Press All rights reserved.
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