TEACHSOC: Re: need advice notes on upward mobility

[Del Thomas Ph. D.]

What does your question have to do with upward mobility? None the less it is an interesting question, given that in this country 98k people/patients a year die from the mistakes made from MD's who have passed the exams you refer to.  Rank evaluation is very weak.  If you were paying >35K for your kids education which would you prefer a letter grade or a 3 to 4 page evaluation of the work done in the course? I have churg strauss syndrome....should I be reassured when one of my doc's says as I leave the office, "you know more about CSS than I do?"   The value of testing in medical education is evaluated by internships and residence.  Apparently medical schools and boards think more highly of hands on, than exams.  Del Michael Klausner wrote: Hi Del: QUESTION: If you or a loved one had to undergo a medical procedure would ,you prefer an MD who was required to pass a series of exams of various types in order to get his MD degree and Board Certification or one that was not required to do so? Best Wishes, Michael -----Original Message----- From: teachsoc@googlegroups.com [mailto:teachsoc@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Brian Burchett Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 5:19 PM To: teachsoc@googlegroups.com Subject: TEACHSOC: Re: need advice notes on upward mobility Del Thomas Ph. D. wrote: Hi, Glad to see that some of you are awake. Mine is not an examined life :-) . At least I try not to. This thread started with student reaction to the "myth of upward mobility"...suggesting that students who question the data should be told "I would tell the student that only the examined life is really worth living" is to be encouraged? Not only does it cut off learning but it is inappropriate. Sorry, I normally just lurk, but I happened to look up from reading Plato to see the admonition to examine one's life labeled 'inappropriate.' I thought it was rather ironic, and couldn't stop myself from sharing. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Teaching Sociology" group. To post to this group, send email to teachsoc@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---