Iapplaud Farrah Mateen1 for cri-tiquing, among other things, the money-paved road to
medical school. Fees for my med school applications this year exceeded $1000. If I receive …

Pathology is not generally viewed as the most sociable medical specialty. And yet the
greatest tool of the pathologist is none other than the ability to communicate: the power to …

C Douglas Phillips, MD, FACR smashing your colleague with something blunt and close by
in the reading room. You can still do your thoughtful stare, your nodding of the head, the …

I read with interest the recent CMAJ humanities article by Dr. Persaud and colleagues1 but
have been left confused as to the authors' intentions. If the piece was intended to highlight or …

At first glance, five years seems like a long time. One can obtain an American MD in less
time or complete a combined residency in Anatomical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine …

Biomedical scientists are the foundation of modern healthcare, from cancer screening to
diagnosing HIV, from blood transfusion for surgery to food poisoning and infection control …

What if all clinical rotations in pediatrics, medicine, and surgery were eliminated from the
undergraduate medical school curriculum? As Samedi et al1 indicated in their wide-ranging …

To begin, I will like to express my profound gratitude to the Almighty Allah, the Maker of all
things, seen and unseen; the Beneficent; the Merciful; the Great One who fulfils dreams and …

Dear Editor, We read with great interest the editorial by G. Bussolati on the mental processes
that lead to pathological diagnoses [2], which is the first published approach to this process …

IN the past year, the lay press has described medical education in the United States as
being" brutal" and" dehumanizing." Matriculating medical students have been categorized …