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The Social Mission of Medical Education

Pojen Deng, BS

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TO THE EDITOR:
I read with great interest the recent article by Mullan and colleagues (1). I entered medical school with a resolve to plunge into social justice, join Médecins Sans Frontières after graduating, and travel the globe in an effort to eradicate HIV/AIDS. But something unexpected happened during these past 4 years: I found that I enjoyed studying many areas of medicine. My envisioned career was often at odds with every other objective a young person might be expected to have: family, home, and stability. My service-oriented projects, already strung out by my limited time and flexibility, were largely swallowed whole by the demands of wards and patient care during my third year. If it were just me, I might chalk these events up to incompetence, but unfortunately, the struggle to practically incorporate service and humanism is one that probably many medical students can relate to.
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Deng P. The Social Mission of Medical Education. Ann Intern Med. 2010;153:486. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-153-7-201010050-00025

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 2010;153(7):486.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-153-7-201010050-00025

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