Premedical Students, Admissions Committees, and'the Physician as an Educated Person'
PS Rhoads - JAMA, 1982 - jamanetwork.com
SUCCESS in coping with the problems facing modern medicine depends primarily on (1)
choosing candidates for medicine with good minds, moral and intellectual integrity, high
goals of service, and sustained enthusiasm; and (2) providing them an education in the
fundamentals that will, while keeping alive their ultimate goals of service, stimulate their
imaginations and provide them with a capacity for growth. The Applicant Pool I have had
considerable refreshing and enlightening contact with premedical students in a small liberal …
choosing candidates for medicine with good minds, moral and intellectual integrity, high
goals of service, and sustained enthusiasm; and (2) providing them an education in the
fundamentals that will, while keeping alive their ultimate goals of service, stimulate their
imaginations and provide them with a capacity for growth. The Applicant Pool I have had
considerable refreshing and enlightening contact with premedical students in a small liberal …