I am a first year medical student at UCSF. I really like the community at HN and it's a continuous source of interesting and useful information. I want to contribute however I can. I think that means:<p>1) I think we need more technically oriented physicians. If anyone is currently or thinking about applying to medical school, send me an email, I'd be happy to give advice or critique your application.<p>2. If you are interested in starting a project involving medicine, either for physicians and patients, I'd more than happy to give you my take and suggest possible strengths/challenges. This would be based purely non-technical perspective and based on my experience as a physician-in-training.
Do your professors talk about the state of healthcare in the USA / share their opinions with you?<p>Could you estimate in rough percentages, if at all: Of your peers in medical school, how many of them are interested in becoming a doctor for purely altruistic reasons? How many defaulted to med school because it is something appropriate for intelligent people and pleases their parents?
I'm a first year med student as well, and there are a few other students/physicians on HN interested in tech; so you're not alone!<p>Edit: What's your email address?
Can you check our blog (medgadget.com), and let us know what we can do differently? Also, any ideas on how we can attract more clinicians to our website?