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KANG: Reexamine the Value of Clinical Empathy

By Esther Kang January 23, 2020

Normally, we’d like to think of empathy as an unquestionably good quality. Understanding the why and how of another person’s emotional experience resolves conflict, supposedly moves us away from tribalistic...

Overdiagnose, Overtreat

Overdiagnose, Overtreat

By Margaret Hansen June 26, 2015

Nobody’s perfect. Oddly enough, there are doctors and nurses who think otherwise. Up to 80% of abnormalities discovered through full-body scans are not fatal — name anything, it can be found in...

DESHPANDE: Quantifying Risk in Modern Medicine

By Nikita Deshpande March 27, 2015

When your high-pitched, eardrum-grating alarm snatches you from a deep slumber, you have several options. You could shut off the incessant beeping, continue resting and miss class; hit snooze, temporarily...

Lets Play the Name Game: GU Medical Marketplace

Let’s Play the Name Game: GU Medical Marketplace

By Courtney Klein and Courtney Klein January 18, 2015

Earlier today 4E received a special notice via our 2nd favorite social media, Twitter, from the fabulous people at Georgetown Dining. Here is the 411: Basically Georgetown is opening a new food option...

Premed Courses to Adjust in Wake of MCAT Changes

By Anne Skomba November 14, 2011

Academic advisors and students anticipate minor adjustments in the premedical program in response to changes to the Medical College Admissions Test, which will take effect in 2015. The exam, which is...

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