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70-year-old retiree just graduated med school. He has this advice for others

4 pointsby peutetre9 months ago

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jasnarmstrng9 months ago
&quot;... I do think that what we&#x27;re seeing now is we have this like Antiquated concept of Education where you go through school and then you graduate and go to work right, obviously this will totally break down especially in a society that&#x27;s turning over so quickly that people are going to come back to school a lot more frequently as the technology changes very very quickly&quot; - Andrej Karpathy, No Priors Ep. 80 | With Andrej Karpathy from OpenAI and Tesla<p>Less people left behind when society sees lifelong learning facility as essential for all and restructures.
bell-cot9 months ago
&gt; And in his final year, he was required to complete a one-year placement at private and public hospitals, with some shifts lasting a grueling 30 hours.<p>and<p>&gt; ...there are many examples of doctors still practicing well into their later years.<p>&gt; That includes Dr Howard Tucker of Cleveland, Ohio [...who is recognized as the oldest practicing doctor...] Dr. Tucker just celebrated his 102 birthday and is still teaching neurology.
gladiatr729 months ago
Excellent story. My only criticism would be that the medical school attrition numbers could have been quoted to further land the significance of Dr Toh&#x27;s perseverance.