Question

Correct and Incorrect
(a) According to a recent study, medical colleges at India
(b) churn out deft doctors but erode empathy in these.
(c) A cross-sectional study revealed that less from half of
(d) them engage in simply acts of altruism, such as
donating to charity or donating blood to help someone.​

Answer 1

The students, in the 17-23 years age group with more than half of them being women, were given questionnaires with a set of 20 situations that assessed their tendency to help others. Professors say the change in attitude when a student enters and leaves a medical college is stark. Altruism, empathy, generosity of spirit, love of learning, high ethical standards are eroded at the end of the medical training. Dr Vijayaprasad Gopichandran, assistant professor, department of community medicine at the ESIC college, said humanistic tendencies are often sidelined because of the high emphasis on the curriculum.