President Dwight D. Eisenhower formed the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) in 1958. On January 1, 1983, ARPANET and the Defense Data Network officially changed to the TCP/IP standard, hatching the Internet as we know it.
Steve Jurvetson from Menlo Park, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The premedical admission requirements for medical school have not changed since at least the 1970s. Computer science is not a requirement for any US medical school, and is only recommended by about 15% of schools.
We expect physicians to be scientific practitioners of medicine; to have a conceptual grasp of the underpinnings of health, disease, diagnosis, and treatment. They learn their biochemistry so they can evaluate the mechanism of action of pharmaceuticals, and physics to appreciate biomechanics.
The modern, and certainly future, practitioner with be using more complex digital algorithms and assistants, with no understanding of the underlying systems. Here at RobotLyceum.com, we hope to help provide a basic understanding of computer concepts, and how they apply to medicine and healthcare. Since I am a practicing radiologist, an emphasis is on diagnostic imaging, but since almost all practitioners rely on imaging, I hope this bias will be forgiven.
Let’s enjoy the journey!
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