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Topher925
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For what ever reason I was reading through some example practice problems that med students are supposedly asked on the MCAT's. To much of my surprise, a lot of these questions involved circuit analysis, mechanical problems such as harmonic motion, statistical mechanics, and some basic quantum mechanics which involved Youngs double slit experiment.
Are med students really required to know this much physics, math, and engineering to be doctors? I don't really understand how deriving differential equations for a RLC circuit is going to help someone be a doctor. I always thought that most of med school was just memorization and learning how to poke/stab in the right places. I have to say that if med students do need to know that much science and math, I have a lot more respect for them than I used to.
Are med students really required to know this much physics, math, and engineering to be doctors? I don't really understand how deriving differential equations for a RLC circuit is going to help someone be a doctor. I always thought that most of med school was just memorization and learning how to poke/stab in the right places. I have to say that if med students do need to know that much science and math, I have a lot more respect for them than I used to.