In boldface for emphasis.

The people in this article is going about it all wrong. Multiple mini interviews are game-able. And also, this letter to the editor:

The notion of choosing medical students for their social skills is unrealistic. First, select brilliant students, and then cultivate their social skills.

Charm won’t save a patient’s life. The approach suggested by Virginia Tech Carilion, the country’s newest medical school, will foster mediocrity.

ROBERT A. FISCHL
Stamford, Conn., July 11, 2011

The writer is a retired plastic and reconstructive surgeon.

2.23.09

In a way, it was my own version of the grand romantic gesture, the best way I knew to honor love. There was still something between us — friendship, inside jokes, a closeness born of many crises suffered together — but whatever we had, it was unfair to love to call it love.

Rachel Monroe, from the NYT

10.21.08

There’s a pretty lyrical piece in the NYT on blood, of all things.  It was a pleasant surprise, because I always think that science is much maligned in our consumerist society.  It also made me want to go back to Dr. Nuland’s How We Live and How We Die.  The related article isn’t as cool.  Vampire bats?  Ew.