European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                To medical education a but it is coming pushed along in part by changes from outside. Although it is still viewed As a prestigious and lucrative profession Medicine in the United states has been battered by the threat of malpractice lawsuits and the High rates for insurance needed to protect against them. In addition a combination of demographic trends and the waning Appeal of Medicine As a profession have shrunk medical school applicant pools. As a result it is not As difficult to get admitted to medical school today in the United states As it has been. This year 25,825 people submitted applications to the nation s medical schools according to statistics compiled in March by the association of american medical colleges. While that represents a Small increase a 348 More than in 1988 a it is still far below the 42,624 applicants of 1974, when medical school applications began declining. A when you look at what s happening what we re experiencing now and will be for the next decade is the demographic downturn of birthrates in the �?T70s,&Quot says or. Norman Anderson Dean of admissions at Johns Hopkins school of Medicine. Quot that s the same thing that a closed Down elementary schools and High schools. A and at the same time careers in science Are losing favor. Fewer of the students with the High Grade Point averages and cat medical College admission test scores Are applying to medical school. Now one of the most prestigious majors is business. The top students Are moving into business or the Legal  As a result medical schools Are beginning to look at other criteria for admission. Quot As the Pool gets smaller the individual with a conscience background. Gets looked at More seriously Quot says or. Murray Kappelman Dean for medical education and special programs at the University of Maryland school of Medicine. Quot there a been a shift away from just using numbers and beginning to look More at the  Quot because medical schools have had to go Down to people whose grades Are lower they have a better More Well rounded group of people Quot says Gryder. Quot i think there s More to Medicine than just being smart and being Able to take a  Johns Hopkins accordingly no longer uses a person s cat scores As a qualifier for admission. We re More interested in whole people who can do More than a standardized test Quot explains or. Richard Ross medical school Dean. Although Only one other . Medical school has joined Hopkins in rejecting the test other schools also May see a change in applicants when the admissions test changes formats in two years. Scores from the revised test should reflect More balance Between science and the humanities. Rather than having four sections testing science knowledge and two testing verbal and quantitative skills the new test will have two science sections and two on writing and Verba reasoning. For the most part science still dominates but medical schools have responded to the Cail for adding More humanities to the curriculum. Many schools for instance require students to take issues courses such As ethics. But educators say that a not necessarily the answer to the Call for More humane doctors Quot i really done to believe you make humane physicians by making them take humanities courses Quot says Ross. Quot what my philosophy has been is that the time to get humanities is before you get to med  common sense by Thomas e. Finucane Baltimore Sun Quot i any people undoubtedly Are lip j disappointed and confused by conflicting i 1 m reports on diets a recent months both i if i oat bran and Olive Oil have been debunked in the United states by relatively Small but widely reported scientific trials these two foods previously had been thought to have strange Powers in reducing cholesterol. We now believe that while they do no harm and Are better than alternatives they probably do not possess magical properties. My advice is simple use common sense and moderation avoid fads and the National enquirer. On the psychology of fads just remember the cabbage Patch kids. People had fist fights in department stores to get this undistinguished item simply because As far As i can Tell other people wanted to get it too. This phenomenon has been seen in everything from pet rocks to presidential elections. The most important fact about the american diet is still True. Tremendous numbers of us eat too much fat and too Many total calories. The compulsion to add some kind of food to our diet perhaps As a form of penance is misplaced. You can to compensate for Over eating by adding things to your diet. For most of us a modest dietary restriction is adequate. Serve each meal normally then leave one third of it on the plate. This in itself would probably reduce disease for Many people. For those who Are overweight and who have High cholesterol diabetes High blood pressure or arthritis of the Knees and hips a stricter diet is necessary. If you Are underweight or you have a medical illness you should of course discuss your diet with your physician. In my opinion people who Are healthy and Are Over the age of 65 should not worry too much about their cholesterol. Several prestigious organizations have recommended that people in this group not even Check their cholesterol Levels. Some cholesterol experts believe everyone should have his or her cholesterol checked and that almost everyone s cholesterol is too High. Asking these experts about cholesterol is like asking a real estate agent whether you should rent or buy or asking a Barber whether you need a haircut. My feeling and its debatable is that if you Are Over age 65 and doing Well you simply should follow a prudent diet. Eat less of almost everything especially animal fat unless you Are already underweight or losing weight. Avoid magic oat bran or fish Oil diets and other fads. Slow steady lifestyle change is what you should work toward if you have a typical High fat american diet. Or. Thomas e. Finucane is associate medical director of the Mason f. Lord chronic Hospital and nursing facility at the Francis Scott key medical Center in Baltimore my Complete the Coupon including a Check stripes a classified your weekly marketplace classified ads appear every week in stripes Magazine. 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