Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Ouck FChem

I have yet to hear a logical argument as too why I have to take organic chemistry to be a good physician. The pre-med requirements don't even require anatomy...which is something that I would actually use on a daily basis.

Case in point. My mentor has a graduate degree in organic chemistry. He says it was the most pointless piece of bullshit he's ever undertaken. No medical school student I've meet (and I teach them, I've meet quite a few) has claimed that Organic Chemistry has helped them at all in any class.

As a final piece of argument I cut and pasted multiple questions from my honors physiology, honors anatomy (two classes... our college doesn't do the BS combined crap), general chemistry, organic chemistry, and physics classes into an exam and had 20 medical school students, residents, and attendings I know take it for fun. These are folks who are in the top of their class, chief residents in internal medicine, and residency directors in multiple fields (oncology, radiology, surgery) respectively.

The questions they got right were all from the Physiology and Anatomy sections.
Not a single person answered a general chemistry, organic chemistry, or physics question right.

Hence, it is proven that you need none of this bull shit to practice medicine. Want us to prove* we're intelligent? Have us take something that matters.

*Intelligence is not an A in Ochem.... which is no way proves you will be a good doctor.

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