When medical exams go wrong, & CTE in the NFL
About this episode
This episode discusses the challenges of medical exams and explores research on CTE in NFL players.
In this week’s podcast we’ll be hearing a lot about exams - the bane of many doctor’s training lives, exams that determine your future are scattered through medicine and can cause a huge amount of anxiety and stress… John McLachlan, professor of medical education at the University of Lancashire, has carried out four reviews of medical exams. He explains what happens to the people who have been marked wrongly, why he thinks re-sits should be done differently, and why multiple choice questions are still in use. Over the Summer there have been extensive protests from the young people of India, the “Cockroach Janta Party” has led demonstrations across the country, sparked by allegations of cheating in India’s “NEET” exams - the federal tests taken by applicants to India's medical training. Rohan Krishnan, orthopaedic surgeon in Delhi, and chief of the Federation of All India Medical Association, and Kathir Karuppiah, a house surgeon in Tamil Nadu, join us to explain where India's medical admissions tests are failing students. We’ll also hear about new research into Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in NFL players. Daniel Daneshvar is associate professor at Harvard Medical School, and…
People in this episode
Guests: John McLachlan, Rohan Krishnan, Kathir Karuppiah, Daniel Daneshvar
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: University of Lancashire, Federation of All India Medical Association, Harvard Medical School
Books & works: Cockroach
Places: India
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