[March 2004 journal entry]
In a recent conversation with a doctoral student re his graduate school and professional plans (which include concentrations in medical ethics and public health), he asked what I might change re my professional training and experience. I told him I would not change my acquisition of a historian’s mental habits or the concentration on the way philosophical, theological, artistic, scientific, political, and economic ideas evolved in the formation of western civilization. I also told him I would acquire some set of skills that would be considered weight-bearing within the medical education and practice settings (e.g., nursing, emergency care tech, social worker/case manager, . . .).
