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A medical student's journey inside genetics and medicine through Web 2.0.

Patient Centered Learning: The solution is to permit alternatives to rigid institutions, utilize free internet programs, and have medical students assist practicing physicians by assisting practicing physicians in taking patient histories. These students would offer valuable, free services to doctors. At the same time, they would have a vivid learning experience by spending several hours each day interacting with actual patients. The Cost Of Medical Education Would Be Negligible. The expense of healthcare is directly proportional to the cost of the doctor's education. With the institutional bottleneck gone, there would be a greater number of doctors, and the cost of healthcare would plummet.

For medical professionals, health care providers, industry leaders, medical students, professional and non-professional researchers, academic and medical librarians, patients, healthcare consumers, and physicians looking for CMEs and conference recaps.

Evidence-Based Research: a series of tutorials for medical and healthcare professionals and students wanting to improve their skills in conducting research geared toward clinical use, this 12-month session is offered by the Journal Club. In addition to the tutorials, you will gain full-text access to all journals in the library at the University of Bridgeport. Only $225 for all tutorials, and for a full year of full-text access to all of the library's digital resources!

Evidence-Based Research: a series of tutorials for medical and healthcare professionals and students wanting to improve their skills in conducting research geared toward clinical use, this 12-month session is offered by the University of Bridgeport's Journal Club. In addition to the tutorials, you will gain full-text access to all journals in the UB library. Only $225 for all tutorials and one year of full-text access to all of the library's digital resources!

Doctors may be particularly vulnerable to shame, since they are self-selected for perfectionism when they choose to enter the profession. Moreover, the use of shaming as punishment for shortcomings and "moral errors" committed by medical students and trainees such as lack of sufficient dedication, hard work, and a proper reverence for role obligations probably contributes further to the extreme sensitivity of doctors to shaming.