Year: 2009
Type: article
Abstract: The Growing Importance of Business to Medical Students This month's Virtual Mentor examines factors that influence the decisions medical students and residents make about their careers in medicine.There is tension, some perceived, some real, between medicine as an altruistic and healing art and as a business venture.This tension is present as a subtext to virtually every contribution of this month's issue.This issue begins with the story of Dr. Bryant, a third-year resident, at a crucial point in his career as he confronts the business of medicine-idealizations of different careers, money, and how to go about making it.In his commentary on this case, John G. Halvorsen provides an excellent framework for identifying, committing to, and acting on personal values in choosing the most suitable position.He suggests that Dr. Bryant's real dilemma may not be about his choice of a job, but rather the result of an incomplete examination of his personal goals and desires as a physician.
Source: The AMA Journal of Ethic
Authors: Nathaniel J. Brown, Jeffrey M. Dueker
Institution: Saint Louis University
Language: English
Subfield: Gender Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W64668086