Dr. Pauline Chen writes in her column in today's New York Times about positive reinforcement in medical education. tI's easy for Dr. Chen and any other doctor to come up with stories of abuse and yelling and negative reinforcement directed at medical students and residents by attending physicians. Is the approach detrimental? Is it necessary? Medicals students are learning life and death procedures. And if someone is making a potentially deadly mistake, it certainly needs to be corrected immediately. But is there a better way correct mistakes and teach students along the way?
You can find the article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/07/health/chen11-06.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
And the discussion here: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/06/no-praise-for-doctors-in-training/
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