Medical schools should not ignore health costs
Medical students are brilliantly frugal. And it’s no surprise — according to the AAMC, the average U.S. medical student incurs $170,000 of debt from medical education. We are a resourceful, smart, and cost-conscious group — so why is the medical school curriculum practically silent on the cost of medicine?
During medical school, we are taught to be excellent diagnosticians. The third and fourth years of training provide 60 to 80 hours a week of …
