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The Monitor shows students taking f'ing field trips to other countries. Notice medicine or law trying that?
Medicine, yes. Increasingly. Do a quick Google search for global health programs in medical schools.
The focus upon social ills is just about the second dumbest thing our profession does.
To the extent that the field goes beyond invoking explanations or solutions grounded in behavioral science. Which it does... a lot. But social determinants of health is an important aspect of most health professions' curricula and ours should be no exception.
And that speaks to a general point others have made, which is that psychology too long squandered the opportunity to find its place in the healthcare ecosystem. The field is trying to make up for lost time but we're paying a steep price for decisions made decades ago that, as best as I can tell, were made as a result of both arrogance and ignorance.