Guest guest Posted October 29, 2003 Report Share Posted October 29, 2003 > Certainly the web has more impact on the intelligentsia, so to speak. But > H & E has far more impact on the laity, so to speak. so the question is, > which, if either, of these groups, will have more impact on our future as > a profession. You seem biased towards what the folks at Harvard and PBS > say and do and how that affects us. You make several excellent points; the matter of recruitment is particularly important. I can't say that one or another of these influences is more or less damaging. Both are important areas of concern. None the less, you are correct about my bias. I do feel that the influence over research and the positioning of CM for physicians is critical to our future because I see people's medical choices as driven by these opinion leaders. The ax that I am grinding is that people should come into the profession understanding enough about Chinese medicine as a human intellectual art, and as a history of human enterprise, to make reasoned judgments about the ideas, products and leaders they are offered. Critiquing and discussing the ideas that motivate opinion about the profession is an important aspect of professional development. Bob bob Paradigm Publications www.paradigm-pubs.com P.O. Box 1037 Robert L. Felt 202 Bendix Drive 505 758 7758 Taos, New Mexico 87571 --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 29, 2003 Report Share Posted October 29, 2003 Bob " The ax that I am grinding is that people should come into the profession understanding enough about Chinese medicine as a human intellectual art, and as a history of human enterprise, to make reasoned judgments about the ideas, products and leaders they are offered. Critiquing and discussing the ideas that motivate opinion about the profession is an important aspect of professional development. " I completely agree. However, until or unless the schools really do come up to a Masters level academically, that ain't gonna happen. Calling the present diploma a Masters degree is ludicrous. You're talking about a fairly sophisticated intellectual approach. From my experience as a teacher, I would say that more than half our profession is not at that intellectual level, is not interested in attaining that intellectual level, and would not be capable of attaining it even if they did see the value of it. What I think you're talking about is that our students should have the same intellectual chops (i.e., apptitude and achievement) as regular med school students, and I don't see that happening under the present educational system. Just look at AT. It seems representative of the level of discourse common in this profession. Arghh. I think people like you and I (both 99 percentiles) need to cop to the fact that we are essentially elites and, therefore, tend to have elitist opinions. What'd'ya think? Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 29, 2003 Report Share Posted October 29, 2003 , " Robert L. Felt " wrote: The ax that I am grinding is that people should come into the profession understanding enough about Chinese medicine as a human intellectual art, and as a history of human enterprise, to make reasoned judgments about the ideas, products and leaders they are offered. >>> I don't disagree; it would be nice. But I think we don't have much choice about how the American public " coming into the profession " understands it without more advertising and social interaction. This is the situation for any relatively new enterprise, product, or candidate. Most organizations create a significant budget to advertise and socially promote their chosen profile. And so should we; but practitioners hardly buy books much less spend money for that purpose, too. If Efram and others are providing health care in Cuba and other poor countries, it should be on the nightly news. The profession needs a extreme make oover. <<< Critiquing and discussing the ideas that motivate opinion about the profession is an important aspect of professional development.>>> No doubt. But if professional organizations aren't financially supported or it isn't developed in our curriculums how can this be developed? Jim Ramholz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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