Admissions panels have unforgiving standards for new medical students. That scares Jacob Scott.
Scott, a radiation oncologist and cancer theoretician, told an audience of doctors, scientists, government officials, and others at TEDMED 2012 this morning that these standards threaten to kill creativity in biology and medicine.
Scott said the tremendous growth of biological knowledge in the last 15 years or so has separated biological experts into disconnected pigeonholes. While it's necessary for true experts to focus on their particular area, it's also scary: "There's a disconnectedness we've never seen before."
To read the full, original article click on this link: Medicine Needs a Dose of Creative Thinking - Technology Review
