As the knowledge base builds, more and more physicians specialize because they realize they can’t possibly know everything there is to know in medicine. But what they can do is to know where to look for the answer when needed. So a big part of training for jobs that have yet to be created would be to know how to think, analyze, create, access...
My sense is that the future belongs to those who know how to access the computer but, if history is anything to go by, I’m not convinced it’ll always be used for the good of humanity but rather for one’s own personal gain or the personal gain of one’s country/business. And how technology and computers are going to interface with people in countries that do not even have a dependable water source, let alone electricity, is beyond me.
What I see with my patients is that they still desire there be someone to interpret what computerized scanning devices find and to interact with them as one human being to another. So perhaps the “humanity” part is important in how one prepares a student for jobs that don’t exist. Prepare a student by instilling in them compassion for their fellow man, a passion for what they do, and then add the ability to interface with new technology.
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