HOW TO ELEVATE THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.

Teaching Signal Processing to the Medical Profession

Knowledge of signal processing is very important for medical students. A medical signal may be used for monitoring, constructing an image, or for extracting the numerical quantity of a parameter. This information forms a basis for medical decisions. However, the processing of the signal may lead to distortion and an incorrect interpretation. The present article describes an educational practica...

A challenge to the medical profession.

Medical professionals today have been caught on the back foot. Patients no longer have blind faith in their doctors, and there are too many umpires watching. There is fear and mistrust on both sides. Paradoxically, all this also spells hope and opportunity for the discerning vaid. This hope is shared by many within the profession who wish to enter into a dialogue with patients, who do not have ...

Greed and the medical profession.

O rganised medicine is not giving proper attention to the disturbing presence in the profession of a universal human trait: greed. Perhaps doctors' greed is less of a problem in Britain where an estimated 70% of the doctors are generalists, and reimbursement in the main is controlled by the national health system. Not so in the United States where 70% of doctors are specialists and an open heal...

Violence against the medical profession

How did Ideas about Gender Influence Women’s Entry into the British Medical Profession Prior to WWII?

The path for British women into medicine has changed beyond recognition. This short essay examines how gender role ideology has influenced women’s entry into this profession, tracing the arduous journey travelled by the early pioneers and the obstacles faced. This article is particularly relevant with today’s context, where women now outnumber their male counterparts in the British medical educ...