Sunday 16 June 2013

Comfortably Numb? Aging & the Fossilizing Mind


     "‘medical educators (human beings in general) are relatively unsophisticated at distinguishing between formative struggles that advance learning and adverse struggles that distract [from] or impede learning’. 
     To transform a transition from a threat to a learning opportunity, medical education (all educators) should assist (all) students and doctors in developing the coping skills they need to effectively deal with the challenges presented by new environments."

        Teunissen PW, Westerman M. Opportunity or threat: the ambiguity of the consequences of transitions in medical education. Med Educ 2011; 45(1): 51-9.


The child is grown
The dream is gone
I... Have become comfortably numb 
                      Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb



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