May the 4th be with you: medical education lessons from Star Wars

The release of new Star Wars movies has inspired extensive peer-reviewed commentary from economics to medicine, including the use of movies’ characters as examples for psychopathology teaching. But its true value as a primer for medical education may have been overlooked.   Just a few of the many parallels include:

Simulation.  Aboard the Millennium Falcon, Luke Skywalker practices his lightsaber fencing using a floating target that fights back.  …

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