• mommykink@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    220
    arrow-down
    4
    ·
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    I went to a major medical university and studied humanities. The amount of soon-to-be doctors and nurses complaining about why they needed to study things like ethics, philosophy, or history astounded me, it’s like these people didn’t want to deal with the human aspect of medicine and instead just wanted to make money.

    I wouldn’t be shocked if more medschool students dropped out from the humanities courses than the medical ones, they hated it

    • Smite6645@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      64
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      1 year ago

      I didn’t hate them, but it’s tough when every professor assigns homework like they’re the only class you’re taking.

      Not meaning to imply they should be dropped, but looking at the state of the world most people aren’t internalizing anything from the humanities.

      • CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        15
        ·
        1 year ago

        I had a professor that said a good student will study Monday to Saturday the amount of hours a day as the amount of credits you take. Take Sundays off. We all had 15 credits a semester.

      • pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        edit-2
        1 year ago

        I was interested in the humanities, so I interacted with that material very deeply. I would say that most of my classmates weren’t interested in humanities, but they weren’t really interested (as in curious, questioning, interacting) with the STEM classes either.

    • Surreal@programming.dev
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      46
      arrow-down
      7
      ·
      1 year ago

      Did any of those courses succeed in teaching empathy, sociality, ethic? If it’s similar to what I experienced in my university, it didn’t do jack shit. University is great at teaching scientific knowledge but horrible at teaching philosophy. I learn more about ethics, philosophy and history via YouTube than from university

      • mommykink@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        33
        arrow-down
        6
        ·
        1 year ago

        Students have an obligation to respond and receive the materials. If you chose not to engage with the classes, then that’s on you, but it’s generally a good thing for doctors and people working with the public to have an education on things like empathy and history (specifically the history of discrimination against marginalized groups).

        I learn more about ethics, philosophy, and history via YouTube than from university

        Oh, you’re one of those people.

        • Stoneykins [any]@mander.xyz
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          19
          arrow-down
          3
          ·
          edit-2
          1 year ago

          Why do you have to be rude? They were simply claiming the classes were not effective at their apparent goal of making students more ethical. It doesn’t mean they don’t think doctors should be ethical.

          I also had to take a required ethics class, and it was the worst taught class I ever took there. It wasn’t effective at teaching me about ethics, it was just a pile of bad tests, and it certainly wasn’t effective at convincing me and the other students to be more ethical in our respective careers.

          The free website where many people put up easy to access high quality educational resources is a great way to learn stuff on a budget. Not all of youtube is great but being rude to people who watch youtube videos to make yourself feel bigger is shitty.

    • CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      12
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      Noticed the same when I studied computer science. My fellow students complained about having to study the history of computers, ethics, social studies and especially ex.phil. "I just want to program all day, not study things I will never use!’

      I switched bachelor programmes after a couple of years

    • kingthrillgore@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      1 year ago

      I had more fun studying the required courses than CS at my university. I read TAoCP for fun in high school I could sleep through most classes. If I could do it again, I’d do geology as my profession.

    • ComradeR@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      There was any soon-to-be psychologist or psychiatrist among those students? And, if so, how did they reacted? 👀