What is the real curriculum of a medical school? I think it is a mixture of all three areas mentioned in the article: technical knowledge, procedural knowledge, and behavioural knowledge.
And I think that the hidden (real) curriculum found in this article is actually a pressure (prestige, money) that preys on student's predilections.
And I think that Duluth does things differently than the way many other medical schools do, at least according to how Von Gunten treats the subject. My professors who are researchers? I, for one, do not view them as the "rock stars" of the medical realm. Nor do I view those physicians who make goo goo dollars through minimizing patient contact (and with it effectiveness of treatment, in some cases) as being worth of emulation.
Hopefully I find here in Duluth a "hidden curriculum" which supports good people becoming good physicians who genuinely care about the health, comfort, well-being, and peace of their patients. Not only that, but one that fosters the graduation of physicians who are effective communicators. From my initial experiences here, I think I will.
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I also don't understand where the notion that the rock stars of medicine are the (what we traditionally call) researchers.
That said, all physicians are doing research all the time; however, it is simply not obvious to some who writes articles like the one you read.
You write, "Hopefully I find here in Duluth a "hidden curriculum" which supports good people becoming good physicians who genuinely care about the health, comfort, well-being, and peace of their patients." I hope so ...
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