AcceleratorX
Youngling
I thought it would be an interesting debate to start in an education forum such as this one. Often we see people saying you take either PCM or PCB but there are rarely any people pursuing Medicine or Engineering who have had both (unless you are talking about lower-demand branches).
Even in higher education and across the world, the gulf between Maths and Biology is very evident. A lot of biologists simply don't have mathematical knowledge and vice versa.
In my engineering course, the medical elective was not offered to us because of unwillingness from students and faculty to teach a subject that requires extensive knowledge of biology.
In jobs too this is evident. There are very few engineers in hospitals in India because no engineer has a significant background in biology.
If students were able to mold themselves into answering machines for PCM/PCB to join the respective courses, why can't they go the extra mile and learn the other way too?
Engineers do need doctors and Doctors also need engineers.
I am the only engineer in my entire class who displays a sound knowledge and interest in human anatomy and general biology. Most in my class never studied biology.
Does it have to be this way? Aren't we ignoring a significant need by doing such a thing? Why are most students inclined one way or another - someone who's good at maths generally doesn't want anything to do with biology even if he has it as a compulsory subject. The same applies with a good biologist, they want nothing to do with mathematical analysis.
Even in higher education and across the world, the gulf between Maths and Biology is very evident. A lot of biologists simply don't have mathematical knowledge and vice versa.
In my engineering course, the medical elective was not offered to us because of unwillingness from students and faculty to teach a subject that requires extensive knowledge of biology.
In jobs too this is evident. There are very few engineers in hospitals in India because no engineer has a significant background in biology.
If students were able to mold themselves into answering machines for PCM/PCB to join the respective courses, why can't they go the extra mile and learn the other way too?
Engineers do need doctors and Doctors also need engineers.
I am the only engineer in my entire class who displays a sound knowledge and interest in human anatomy and general biology. Most in my class never studied biology.
Does it have to be this way? Aren't we ignoring a significant need by doing such a thing? Why are most students inclined one way or another - someone who's good at maths generally doesn't want anything to do with biology even if he has it as a compulsory subject. The same applies with a good biologist, they want nothing to do with mathematical analysis.
