Archive for March 31st, 2009

The following is reader take by Half MD.
The third Thursday of March each year is Match Day for fourth-year medical students. There are many smiles and frowns made on this day when soon-to-be doctors discover where they will obtain their first job to continue their medical training. While Match Day is the most [...]

Dissecting a human body is messy, smelly, and expensive.
In fact, more medical schools are resorting to so-called “virtual” gross anatomy, using sophisticated imaging and computer programs.
This is a mistake, says psychiatry resident Christine Montross, in a NY Times op-ed. And she has a point.


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