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hunter

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21. It's scary, but even medical students have to be taught how to do internet research.

Reply to malthaussen (Reply #20)

Tue Jan 14, 2020, 03:09 PM

Jan 2020

God only knows how they get through four years of college unable to discern actual science from internet bullshit.

Computerized testing probably plays a large part in this. You can pass tests by choosing the right answer, A-F, but that doesn't really measure anyone's critical thinking skills.

The doctors who never really "get it" are probably the ones most vulnerable to the charms of pharmaceutical industry sales representatives.

It's a huge problem in our society. One person's lack of critical thinking skills means profits for somebody else.

That's why we have doctors prescribing expensive pharmaceuticals when an inexpensive generic, or maybe no medicine at all, would be the most appropriate choice.

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Drastic changes in the way people do research..Lots of changes. [View all] Stuart G Jan 2020 OP

Today's research should yield more than old methods and ways of Hoyt Jan 2020 #1

The effort it took for library research had another benefit. yonder Jan 2020 #4

That's a good point. Although, it doesn't take long to refresh our memory. Hoyt Jan 2020 #5

For me, it happens with music too. yonder Jan 2020 #6

In my case, the term "musician" would have to be used very loosely. Hoyt Jan 2020 #12

Things have indeed changed. My siblings and I were talking about this Arkansas Granny Jan 2020 #2

students just buy their finished projects/papers on the net nt msongs Jan 2020 #3

I miss the Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2020 #7

In college, I had to use the "Current Digest of Soviet Press"....... lastlib Jan 2020 #15

When I was in high school in the 1960s our tiny libraries were limiting csziggy Jan 2020 #8

I can see a cople of advantages to the process you had to go through... KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2020 #9

True, but libraries can lead you astray csziggy Jan 2020 #11

I sure wish I had the Internet when I was in college. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2020 #10

I had the internet when I was in college. It was tiny then. hunter Jan 2020 #14

Look at all those PDP-10s and -11s. n/t malthaussen Jan 2020 #17

You still have to go to a library to access many scientific and medical journals. hunter Jan 2020 #13

And in some ways some things are still the same. I'm wishing Hortensis Jan 2020 #16

Unprecedented access to information has not led to... malthaussen Jan 2020 #18

In order to have advances in "interpretation" people need to be taught how to interpret.. Stuart G Jan 2020 #19

It should be taught in high school. malthaussen Jan 2020 #20

It's scary, but even medical students have to be taught how to do internet research. hunter Jan 2020 #21