BRI Virtual Speaker Series: Thoughts on the State of Open Inquiry and Debate on Campus with Jared Rhoads
How can medical students be expected to think critically about health care policy if they’re never challenged to defend their own assumptions or seriously consider the strongest arguments on the other side? Can students make a good-faith case for free-market medicine, or explain alternative views without resorting to caricature? And what happens to medical education when certain ideas are treated as sacrosanct, beyond reproach? Join us in conversation with Jared Rhoads, Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Modern Health, as we discuss the role of debate in medical schools, the value of intellectual diversity, and why future physicians need to grapple seriously with competing ideas about how health care should work.
ABOUT JARED RHOADS, MPH, MS:
Jared Rhoads is the Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Modern Health. His writings on health policy have appeared in a wide range of publications, including STAT First Opinion, Medical Economics, and Law & Liberty. He received his MPH degree from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, and an MS degree from Bentley University. He also teaches health policy in the graduate public health program at Dartmouth, and advises graduate students on their independent research projects. Jared has published research with several think tanks, including the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, the Center for Ethics in Society at St. Anselm University, and the Foundation for Government Accountability. Prior to teaching, he worked in healthcare consulting in a role that handled policy and emerging practices.
ABOUT THE BENJAMIN RUSH INSTITUTE:
BRI is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that unites unites medical students, students in affiliated healthcare specialties, faculty, doctors, healthcare professionals, and others who believe that free enterprise and a direct patient-doctor relationship are the best means for ensuring optimal patient outcomes at affordable prices. Through leadership conferences, chapter events, scholarships to national health care conferences and consistent written content, BRI strives to cultivate the careers of med students and to fully unleash the power of medicine to maximize human health.