85: Pros and Cons of the Liberal Arts for Premeds
The Premed Years
Ryan Gray
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 July 2014
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
In today’s episode, Ryan and Allison tackle the article on KevinMD.com called “Why Premedical Students Need Liberal Arts” written by Armaan Rowther. Rowther wrote this article based on a commencement speech given by Fareed Zakaria at Sarah Lawrence College.
Links & Other Resources:
- Full Episode Blog Post
- KevinMD.com article, “Why premedical students need the liberal arts“
- Related Episode: How a Liberal Arts Degree As a Premed Might Be the Best One
- Related Episode: All About FlexMed (Formerly HuMed, Humanities in Medicine)
- Related post: Best Premed Major to Get Into Medical School
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Transcript
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