Ep. 102 Curriculum Subverted: An Academic Leader Pushes Back Against ‘Woke’ Medical Education

Should the medical school curriculum include health inequity, climate change, and gun control? Our guest is Professor Stanley Goldfarb, author of a recent and controversial op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on the politicization of medical education.

GUEST:

Stanley Goldfarb, MD: Professional website

LINKS:

“Take Two Aspirins and Call Me by My Pronouns” (WSJ, Sep 12, 2019)

“An Open Letter to Our Former Dean, Stanley Goldfarb” (Medscape, Sep 20, 2019)

“Social Justice and Educating Our Physicians” (WSJ, Editorial Board, Sep 19, 2019)

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