(Public Discourse) – Despite the lip service given to the “all are welcome” ethos of medical education, the culture of the medical profession typically implies that there is actually a very narrow set of “acceptable” anthropological perspectives that a physician can have—and that you had better get in line or risk being ostracized. In a profession that is still so hierarchical and dependent on subjective measures for advancement, the pressure to fit in and subjugate oneself to established norms can be powerful. 

But what are these norms when it comes to the formation of medical students? (Read More)