I would not say I am an expert at the MCAT by any stretch of the imagination, however, here are my opinions of it.
The reality of modern medicine is not as chivalrous and noble as it used to be. From my past and present experiences as a scribe, both in the emergency room and in private practice, physicians are part healers and part businessmen. To deny that would be foolish.
Maybe it is a mix of the aging baby boomer, population growth in general, public access to google & medical-related-self-diangosing-websites along with the increasing cost of healthcare that drove physicians to their current state… for lack of a better word, lack of empathy, and as a result, perceived patient care and quality suffers. The physician becomes a scientist who sees a patient as a medical record number, a lab result, a diagnosis… and nothing more.
