MEDICINE is a broad discipline that requires years of education and hands-on practice just to get started. MEDICINE is so broad and complex that it benefits from specialized experts who spent additional years focusing on specific areas. Depending on the nature and scope, different specialists may have to be called upon to solve the problem. Yet, practitioners of MEDICINE cannot deny the importance of foundational instruction that impart the first principles needed for accurate and effective problem diagnosis.
Attempts have been made to equip laypeople on the sciences of MEDICINE but these are at best first-aid or self-help skills. They can come in the form of handheld guides and references with simplified information, or training that span between hours and days. Such activities stemmed from good intentions as access to qualified practitioners of MEDICINE can be inconvenient or scarce, and indeed a well-informed individual can safely self-diagnose and manage common problems without professional oversight.
Perhaps to empower people even further, MEDICINE could evolve beyond formalized education, such that more content and training are accessible, to the point that people can practice MEDICINE almost at professional levels without the need to engage experts. Everything also AI, right? If MEDICINE can generate user-friendly methods to make the diagnosis of complex problems easier, we could reduce or even circumvent the years of education required for anyone to practice MEDICINE at the top of their licence (if such a licence is even necessary). MEDICINE becomes more widespread, and with it the possibility of healthier routines and improved well-being.
With the increasing popularity for workshops on MEDICINE, many, especially those working in the field of MEDICINE, might worry that this nonchalant approach gambles with people’s lives. The role that MEDICINE plays is undeniably important, but should such a knowledge remain within an elitist clique amidst growing interest? Still, only the truly educated practitioners well-versed in MEDICINE will suffer the troubling thought of oversimplification. Eventually this oversimplification will routinely present itself in reports and analyses as superficial issues akin to the flu. After all, what you don’t know can’t hurt you, that is, until you misdiagnose a problem that festers into something more sinister, at which point it might be too late.
What do you think? Might this be an innovative idea for the future? Do you have any strong emotions for or against this proposal?
If you made it this far, try rereading this commentary, this time replacing MEDICINE with HUMAN FACTORS.
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