Comments on: New Site http://www.mexicomedstudent.com/2005/07/302 Every journey has a pitstop. Welcome to mine. Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:12:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Armando Amador, M.D. http://www.mexicomedstudent.com/2005/07/302/comment-page-1#comment-2095 Armando Amador, M.D. Tue, 08 Aug 2006 23:31:11 +0000 #comment-2095 Dear Enrico, It is interesting to read your experiences as a US citizen studying medicine in Mexico. I am a bit troubled by your perception regarding teaching based on personal experience. I believe it to be the best way to teach medicine in the classroom and the wards. Why do I say this? Let me tell you. I am a graduate of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, who came to the US over 25 years ago. I brought with me all my clinical experiences. What did I do with them, I set out to prove them, and in many instances I did. In doing so, I published the results in international peer-reviewed journals. One should stay away from the belief that only American journals have the right information. Actually that is far from the truth. Non-American journals also have excellent information. However, evidence-based medicine is not perfect. It becomes a powerful weapon when it is partnered with experience. That said, I do not want you to believe that I am defending my position as one of those “old professors”. Indeed, I am retired from academia. However, I had postgraduate training not only from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, but from US universities such as Johns Hopkins and The University of Texas, in both biomedicine and medicine. I was on faculty at US medical schools, and even was one of the authors of a very popular Medical Boards review software. Neither do I have anything against US medical journal or any scientific journal for that matter, especially since I am still a reviewer for several of them. Finally, I am not truly retired, since my current job entails discussing ways to improve the management of patients with various disorders, serving as a resource to many other physicians. What I really wanted to convey to you, is something you mention in a negative way. The perfect medical education is when your professors teach from experience in the wards, but you are required to read the textbooks and the journals. Examinations should cover knowledge from types of sources. Finally, a medical education from Mexico should serve you well in the US. Just consider that my Alma Mater provides more physicians to the US than any other university in the world, US universities included. Dear Enrico,

It is interesting to read your experiences as a US citizen studying medicine in Mexico. I am a bit troubled by your perception regarding teaching based on personal experience. I believe it to be the best way to teach medicine in the classroom and the wards. Why do I say this? Let me tell you.

I am a graduate of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, who came to the US over 25 years ago. I brought with me all my clinical experiences. What did I do with them, I set out to prove them, and in many instances I did. In doing so, I published the results in international peer-reviewed journals.

One should stay away from the belief that only American journals have the right information. Actually that is far from the truth. Non-American journals also have excellent information. However, evidence-based medicine is not perfect. It becomes a powerful weapon when it is partnered with experience.

That said, I do not want you to believe that I am defending my position as one of those “old professors”. Indeed, I am retired from academia. However, I had postgraduate training not only from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, but from US universities such as Johns Hopkins and The University of Texas, in both biomedicine and medicine. I was on faculty at US medical schools, and even was one of the authors of a very popular Medical Boards review software. Neither do I have anything against US medical journal or any scientific journal for that matter, especially since I am still a reviewer for several of them. Finally, I am not truly retired, since my current job entails discussing ways to improve the management of patients with various disorders, serving as a resource to many other physicians.

What I really wanted to convey to you, is something you mention in a negative way. The perfect medical education is when your professors teach from experience in the wards, but you are required to read the textbooks and the journals. Examinations should cover knowledge from types of sources. Finally, a medical education from Mexico should serve you well in the US. Just consider that my Alma Mater provides more physicians to the US than any other university in the world, US universities included.

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