Medical training

Let’s begin with the basics. In addition to written examinations, all practicing physicians in the US must complete at least one year of on-the-job training (OJT), formerly called an internship.

Our culture likes lists. Especially if they are distilled down versions of unwieldy, complex topics.

With the rapid pace of technology spreading a word or image globally in a matter of seconds, the old saying “a lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on” is ever the more relevant today.

I ran across two articles this morning, which I need to share in part because they are profoundly troubling to me.