The Chains of Med Ed History, with Adam Rodman (Recess Rehash)

The Short Coat (Audio): An Inside Look at Getting Into and Getting Through Medical School · Sep 28, 2023 · 1h 8m · transcript

The beginning of the 20th century brought huge changes to medicine; we’re still trying to cope with them. Special guest, Dr. Adam Rodman, visits with M1s Jeff, Faith, and Linda and PA 1 Kelsey, to talk about “path dependency,” the idea that a complex system (like medical education) is almost impossible to change without starting over. The path we have taken to today constrains what we can do tomorrow. We discuss the founding of medical education as we know it today and how that has created an academic medicine system that values facts, science, and publication more than things like equity…