Tag Archives: Education

Quora Query: Why do you believe that people who abuse the healthcare system in the US should be enabled, through not telling them, in no uncertain terms, that their non-emergency issues are just that…non-emergencies?

Posted on 14 January, 2020 by AJ Layon

There are several fine answers to this query – see, particularly, the one by former Nurse Mara Obelcz on Quora. And just as there are several answers to your question, there are several – many – reasons that people come … Continue reading →

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Quora Query: What are Some Odd Jobs You Had Before Medical School?

Posted on 14 January, 2020 by AJ Layon

Well, they weren’t exactly “odd jobs”, and most of them weren’t paid, either. I was a student at Grossmont Junior College in El Cajon, CA, and then UC San Diego at a time when we in California had – essentially … Continue reading →

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Quora Query: How do I donate my body to medical research? Can I choose the institution? Is there some reason I might choose one over the other? I’m in Iowa, USA, by the way. I’m a young 70, but a dear friend recently did this and it seems like a wonderful idea.

Posted on 14 January, 2020 by AJ Layon

It IS a wonderful and generous thing to do. I can still remember the start of our anatomy year in medical school. We – as I remember there were 4 or 5 of us to each cadaver – were introduced … Continue reading →

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Quora Query: Can I Get Into Medical School with an Associates Degree Instead of a Bachelor’s Degree

Posted on 14 January, 2020 by AJ Layon

One of the issues with medical students in general is NOT that they are too broadly educated, but – just the opposite – too narrowly so. I once, some years ago, entered into a very public argument with our then-University … Continue reading →

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Tears Will Never Cease Flowing: Put Armed Police in Every School, NRA Urges

Posted on 22 December, 2012 by AJ Layon

Gentle Reader – For your information.  A piece from the Washington Post related to the recent massacre at a grade-school.  It appears that our fellow citizens leading the National Rifle Association still believe that we are safer with more guns … Continue reading →

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