Posted on 04/06/2018 1:36:59 PM PDT by Politically Correct
The AAMC is not alone among accrediting institutions seeking to steer professions leftward. The American Psychological Association, which accredits a variety of graduate-level psychology programs, has taken strong positions on topics such as pay equality and gun control. The Council on Social Work Education, which accredits college-level and graduate social work programs, has also been outspoken on a range of issues, particularly regarding "social and economic justice." Yet this shift among medical educators is particularly alarming. One would expect the leaders of a scientific discipline to carefully distinguish between verifiable fact and opinion; the new MCAT blurs that line.
In his address at the AAMC's most recent annual meeting, Kirch said he "refuse[s] to live in a post-truth world" and insisted that doctors cannot "let bias influence patient care." But the AAMC's policy of imposing political litmus tests on future physicians is contributing to this trend. Integrity is among the most important qualities a doctor can possess—it entails doing the right thing when no one else is watching. With its politically loaded MCAT questions and "holistic" admissions recommendations, the AAMC is teaching aspiring physicians to compromise their integrity and adherence to the truth before their careers even begin.
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They will see to it that only students that think left will enter medical schools.
In a few more years your doctor will have no compunction in giving you a lethal dose of barbiturates since your old or too sick and no longer useful to the state.
Useful to the state? Heck, they'll kill you because they get thrills out of offing an old white person. After all, it's payback on your ancestors holding back their people.
It isn’t just in medicine. It is all of academia and the sciences.
Survey shocker: Liberal profs admit they’d discriminate against conservatives in hiring, advancement
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/aug/1/liberal-majority-on-campus-yes-were-biased/
The big review paper on the lack of political diversity in social psychology
http://heterodoxacademy.org/2015/09/14/bbs-paper-on-lack-of-political-diversity/
Thanks for posting.
We know what the aim of the MCAT changes are - improving the scores of the social justice warriors.
‘Heck, they’ll kill you because they get thrills out of offing an old white person.’
there may be more truth than hyperbole in your post; I think blacks, in their heart of hearts, do truly hate white people...
I posted that because I did read of a black caretaker who held back care for a white patient, who unfortunately died. It happens.
Thanks for those links.
Certainly true of some though not all. One of my good friends is black and conservative.
The Med schools though are selecting for those with a left leaning and that will include the Black Lives Matter supporters that have a rather large chip on their shoulders.
Our higher education system has turned itself into a series of $#itholes.
For later
Just what I want: Affirmative Action Doctors!
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