Word: meds
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...scant attention civilian med schools give the question of torture is troubling, since about 70% of military doctors are recruited from those institutions in exchange for scholarships. There could be even more civilian docs in the military, thanks to the "doctor draft," a 1987 congressional authorization that lets the military call up civilian doctors in case of a wartime shortage. Preparing doctors for the possibility of service would not have to demand much of a med school's curriculum. "It doesn't have to be a full class," says Boyd. "Even five lunchtime talks would make the difference...
...should in teaching undergraduates,” said Co-Director of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute Douglas Melton, who was a key player in the development of the Life Sciences curriculum that integrates chemistry and biology and marks the beginning of the road for many a freshman pre-med...
...that the fact that most students apply to multiple schools—the average Harvard pre-med student applies to 18—and it becomes immediately clear that the whole process is tantamount to highway robbery...
...With all the academic challenges that face pre-med students, the last thing they should have to worry about is money. Let pre-meds focus on their classes, not on their checkbooks...
...students, attending Harvard had the practical benefit of the school not having yet begun its term. “Other [Gulf Coast] students who didn’t go to Harvard complained how everything was at their disadvantage from the beginning,” explains Salahudeen, whose heavy pre-med course load, which included organic chemistry, made starting the semester on solid footing especially important...