Tag: Biotechnology

Anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pharmacology, pathology, microbiology, epidemiology…

Surgery, paediatrics, geriatrics, obs and gynae, orthopaedics…

First year, second year, third year, fourth year, fifth year, internship, rotations, specialisation…

PLEB, USMLE, Fellowship, Part 1, Part 2, Masters, Diploma…

Now imagine all of this being replaced by a 9 year old with a smartphone.

Imagine all of these formidable bits of paper achievements being as relevant as a greasy newspaper used to wrap up last week’s fish and chips.

Imagine a world where a Doctor isn’t a person…but rather an interconnected network of trillions of devices all focused on annihilating and anticipating threats to the homeostasis of global (and individual) health.

Imagine that everything you’ve been using to define your personal narrative…suddenly vanished overnight, leaving you with one question:

Now what?

These were some of the ideas I was exploring in class today with one of the students who was asking me to give him advice about what he should do.

I think regardless of where you are, the practice of disrupting your own personal narrative is no longer an option.

Because all the changes that are happening right now are asking you whether you’re going to disrupt your personal narrative…or if you’d rather that someone else did it for you.

An important reminder for myself as I battle again with 2nd year basic sciences after a 15+ year hiatus.
I feel that Medicine is in the middle of being completely overturned.
And my goal is to use this blog to document and anticipate these changes…as well as to share my ideas regarding the Okay Doctor healthcare system.
But more than that, the act of committing to shipping out a new idea every day is a way of disrupting my personal narrative…instead of having it done for me.