Am I the only one who isn't terribly surprised here? It's pretty easy to figure out who I am in real life and that's intentional - I think you should stand behind what you say and even if you are "anonymous" people can find you out. Further, professionalism is actually important. Don't get me wrong, I think all the lectures med schools give are wasteful, but that doesn't mean the underlying idea isn't important. I dont know the full details of that guy/girl's situation is. I do know that we can't have people spouting off racist comments and practicing medicine (not saying that is what the OP on the other page did, just an example). The problem is that no amount of med school lecturing will make you professional or make you give patient centered care - its rare for people with the problems to change (call me a cynic). At my school, we had a couple student who did something really awful. When it happened, no one was that surprised by who it was. I think the best way to protect our field is thoroughly vet students. Id rather lose a little privacy but know that people graduating from my institution weren't gonna give us a bad name.
