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Imagination is about breaking new ground. Without imagination, medical practice will lose its edge. It's high time to train our medical students up for expecting the unexpected. How? 

 

Digital simulation is all the rage these days. So let's tap into it. We'll create scenarios challenging our medical students to step out of their comfort zones. 

 

Say, New York City is suddenly swallowed up by a blackout which somehow goes on much longer than expected. Backup power is running out. Flashlights and candles are all we have in the dead of night. How to make do with replacement tools that require no electricity? How to go about triage when the emergency room (ER) is overwhelmed with mass hysteria? Nothing is or should be taken for granted. Meanwhile, nothing is or should be ruled out as a potential life-saving device. 

 

Prepare for the worst. 

 

It never hurts to let our medical students have a head start with outside-the-box simulation training. Indeed, if they could also be trained like U.S. Navy corpsmen during their summer breaks, so much the better. 

 

Author: Ren Qiulan 

 

 

跟內子一起读了一遍，觉得洋君的建议可取。

谢谢Jiang 夫人、Jiang 先生！Ladies first, always.

Ladies first! 当然。容俺岔开一点。小泉八云，他是美国人，后入日籍，精通日语，他从文学看美日对妇女态度之差异

想必是关于“绅士风度”吧。谢谢介绍小泉八云，日后找他的英语著作看看。匆匆Google 过，他有英语写的文学专论。

內子想请教洋君，医科生这么忙，还可以挤进simulation training 吗？

谢谢Jiang 夫人的提问。藤校录取的医科新生，其实都已是walking anatomy encyclopedias了。

洋君的意思是？

医科的首两年，主要是授以physiology 及 pathology 的专业知识。他们早在pre-med打稳了基础。

如此一来，医科生的第一二年应该较易过关。

Yup, they'll pass the exams with flying colors.

同步加进具挑战性的simulation training, 是可行的了。

对。就跟训练飞行员类似。

文中举出了纽约市夜间突然大停电中如何应付急症的模拟训练，很有意思。

Digital simulation 可以造出这种危机处境，医科生就要学习怎样在最不利的条件下创造出应急条件。

听起来像在战地抢救伤员。

之所以在文中末段建议医科生不妨在暑假里接受U.S.Navy corpsmen式训练。

那不是军医吧。

当然不是，然而corpsmen 也许比军医更直接地发挥战地抢救的效能，就像急症室护士一样。

对。谢谢。向洋君道个晚安！

不谢。先生晚安！

Being prepared is a good idea, for every profession

转给我的在学医和徐学医的孩子们了，谢谢分享！

好建议！早安

谢谢小R，加拿大缺家庭医生！弱弱地问一句：学医的？

It's a motto we all should live by. Thanks, nearby!

Please do. All the best to you and your children!

Thanks, Madam Cat!

Thanks but I'd rather not go there on social media.

Realistically, though, we can only do our best.

Good idea. I paid $2000 for my kid getting 应急license /certificat

in her spare time of Junior year.

We have social media dedicated to AMA members.

BTW, U.S. Navy corpsmen are great medics.

It's a wonderful idea. AP, you should be proud of yourself.

...for girls too?

A corpsman can be a woman.

要花$2000 吗，你是说paramedics certification 吗？我可以转告我想考医学院的老二，如果你不介

好想法。

是滴。

谢谢梧桐版主！

的确，katrina hit new orleans 后，很多医院经历了那些假定情形，其中是否病人被“安乐死”打官司