What’s The End Goal?

As of this evening, we have one full days worth of Marseille curriculum under our belts. I have already come to appreciate the various backgrounds of other members of our group; it contains medical students, nurses, nurses working towards advanced degrees, Ph.D candidates, podiatry students, residents, physicians, and more. If one thing is abundantly clear through conversations with this group, it is that everyone is committed to the best possible patient outcomes! No one here has worked as hard as they have to get to this point in their education or career to provide anything less than perfect medicine. That being said, our medical system consistently provides less than perfect medical care. While the field of medicine is inherently more complex than aviation, the gravity of the broader medical culture’s acceptance of breakdowns in care and resulting adverse events is overwhelming to think about in the terms of aviation. Today… Continue reading →