Originally posted by MacGyver
Yes I'm in med school and you know what I say is true.
Med school is not about training you to think like a scientist, its about cramming waves of information at you and memorizing stuff.
"Labs" in med school are not really labs in the scientific sense, they are just hands on sessions. The labs you see in med school are not about doing experiments, so the scientific value of them is poor. There are some exceptions, but these "experiments" are hardly more than the adhoc cookbook type in which no thinking is required and you just follow a set protocol thats been determined in advance.
Thats why the MD is not an academic degree, its a professional degree like the JD. Its not about creating new knowledge (although many MDs manage to do that) its about getting you familiar with a core set of knowledge that you need to practice a profession. Theres a distinct difference between a PhD and an MD degree. They are apples and oranges.