Here’s another Pauline Chen MD article worth reading. This one concerns the predominance of punishment over positive reinforcement in medical training and one researcher’s novel approach to counter this phenomenon. It’s another bittersweet essay but worth a read.
Dr. Finkel is a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Medical School. On completing her residency at Harvard, she was asked to
stay on as faculty at Harvard Medical School and spent five years teaching at the world-renowned Massachusetts General Hospital.
She was appointed to the Assistant Residency Director position for the Harvard Affiliated
Emergency Medicine Residency where she reviewed countless applications, personal statements and resumes. Read more
