tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14743001.post8798021520644261639..comments2024-01-02T02:45:17.328-06:00Comments on Notes from Dr. RW: Exposing quackery in medical educationRobert W Donnellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16944231400440786271noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14743001.post-22824756927669771772020-10-09T02:10:21.436-05:002020-10-09T02:10:21.436-05:00nicenicesunnyhttps://www.seasidemedicalpractice.com/services/aesthetic-services/prp-microneedling/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14743001.post-41884892094522701192010-08-04T04:14:09.091-05:002010-08-04T04:14:09.091-05:00There being no scientific basis for most of these ...<i>There being no scientific basis for most of these therapies, a desire to take patients’ money may be reason enough for some folks on the administrative side of academic medical institutions.</i><br /><br />This. No educational institutions are free from political pressure towards commercialization, adoption of practices transplanted from business. "We're going to clear out the cobwebsHarald Korneliussennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14743001.post-18284107947200244092009-10-01T10:40:51.708-05:002009-10-01T10:40:51.708-05:00When I entered medical school in 1989 I was distur...When I entered medical school in 1989 I was disturbed by the lack of rigor in the scientific background of the entrants as a whole. It does not surprise me that this intellectual drift has progressed to the brink. I was in mainly outpatient medicine for several years but became so bored by the patient's obsession with trivial complaints (i.e. onychomycosis or alopecia) at the expense of Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01999993189758445328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14743001.post-46018948315786256432008-01-25T07:23:00.000-06:002008-01-25T07:23:00.000-06:00"Philanthropy has been taking up the slack for mos..."Philanthropy has been taking up the slack for most of these centers but that will only last so long. Even NCCAM grants will only go so far in keeping these centers alive and I'd suspect we'll see some closing in the next 3-5 yrs due to Darwinian economics."<BR/><BR/>We can only hope you're right. I'd love to start removing entries from my <A HREF="http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2007/11/Orachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01370846202152605202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14743001.post-12923900006697991142008-01-24T23:28:00.000-06:002008-01-24T23:28:00.000-06:00Hi,A very convincing and powerful description of t...Hi,<BR/><BR/>A very convincing and powerful description of the problem. I am a Melbourne-based education consultant and the same sickness pervades our education system in the school curriculum. Postmodern theory rules and Western science is considered simply one science among many. Following is an extract from an artcile I wrote on the problem:<BR/><BR/>One of the defining characteristics of Kevin Donnellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12328439976399691341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14743001.post-21180004927790462682008-01-24T21:24:00.000-06:002008-01-24T21:24:00.000-06:00Quackademic medicine is an invaluable phrase to de...<I>Quackademic medicine</I> is an invaluable phrase to describe a particularly annoying phenomenon - thank you for giving it such a easy-to-use and not-at-all-clunky name.<BR/><BR/>Your outline of the issues is a fine roadmap for further exploration of this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14743001.post-38985704212656250302008-01-24T16:52:00.000-06:002008-01-24T16:52:00.000-06:00A recurring question was raised in many of the pos...<I>A recurring question was raised in many of the postings: what’s driving the infusion of woo into academic medicine? One obvious factor is money. Consumer demand for woo is high and patients are willing to pay out of pocket for it.</I><BR/><BR/>Indeed, while consumers gladly pay out-of-pocket for these services I am hard-pressed to identify an academic CAM center that is actually making money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14743001.post-90352660081966647162008-01-23T19:53:00.000-06:002008-01-23T19:53:00.000-06:00I am horrified by the mainstream academic acceptan...I am horrified by the mainstream academic acceptance and pandering to the politically correct "complementary & alternative medicine." Having been far away from academics over the past 20 years, I just can't believe such prominent institutions have sold out. This is all just so much superstition. When people say it would't be so popular if it didn't work, well, I daresay none of the world's andihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379078120978323366noreply@blogger.com