Saint Catherine of Siena Promotes Palliative Medical Trend

There's a new trend taking place in America's Medical Schools and it aims to discourage superlatively high-achieving book smart students from getting into Medical School based solely on their excellent grades. Saint Catherine of Siena who was a highly communicative and expressive person, is working with Saints Luke and Cosmos and Damien, the 3 patron saints of Doctors, to make sure that future Medical School students learn the art of empathetic listening, before being allowed the privilege of entering Medical School.

Saint Catherine, the author of the classic, "The Dialog," has created the "Multiple Mini Interview,"  ("MMI") to be used in screening Medical School applicants. By using her Heavenly Powers, Catherine has been able to persuade 8 Medical Schools to have applicants go through several interviews before being accepted. Medical School applicants hoping to attend UCLA, Stanford, and Virginia Tech Carilon, along with other Medical Schools, will go through a procedure where they read a story about a fictional patient for 2 minutes. Then the applicant will walk through a door and be greeted by a team of people to discuss how to "treat" the patient. The interview lasts 8 minutes, and then is repeated approximately 10 times in a row.

The goal of the MMI, according to Saint Catherine and human beings, such as Dr. Stephen Workman, a Dean of Admissions at Virginia Tech, is to help usher in a new era of Health Care in America. The prospective Medical School students are not necessarily graded on whether they answer the questions correctly, which seems fair since these people have not even gone to Medical School yet! Instead, the interviews help weed out the arrogantly opinionated who, like most "know-it-alls," often fail to listen and also jump to conclusions, clinging to their notion of what is "right" and what is "wrong."  Gardiner Harris, a writer at The New York Times recently noted there are a lot of Doctors who are "insufferable know-it-alls who bully nurses and do not listen."

If Saint Catherine of Siena is successful with implementing the Multiple Mini Interview at more Medical Schools, it is estimated that the number of needless deaths and injuries in Hospitals will decline considerably. And it will be because channels of communication will be widened, not narrowed.  

Saints Luke, Cosmos & Damien Discuss Bush's Polyps

Doctor Saints Comment on Disparity in Health

Care Availability, Noting W's Preferential Treatment

Three http://www.saintsforsinners.com/ saints for Doctors, Luke [ http://www.saintsforsinners.com/stories/saint_luke_medal_story.htm ] and twins Cosmos & Damien, [ http://www.saintsforsinners.com/stories/saint_cosmos_and_damien_medal_story.htm ] met days ago in heaven to discuss the recent surgery of George Bush. They noted that President Bush had 5 small polyps removed from his colon by very capable doctors and recalled that he had this procedure performed in 1998 and 1999.

Saint Luke called in the patron saint of accountants, saint Matthew, [ http://www.saintsforsinners.com/stories/saint_matthew_medal_story.htm ]who added and then reported that Mr. Bush has thus had 3 preventive measure surgeries on his colon.

It was then noted that not everyone on earth is so fortunate to have such preventitive health measures and care so readily available, like the very fortunate and privileged president Bush. They then channeled some thoughts into Dr. Margot Kushel, M.D., in San Francisco, California, and helped her write a short yet brilliant letter to the newspapers to try and educate the public about the alarming disparity in health care. Her letter was published today, July 24, 2007, in the New York Times, and she articulately noted that you can't have polyp removal surgery in the Emergency Room. She must have said this because Mr. Bush recently commented that the "E.R." is a form universal health care.

All of the saints at the meeting were dubious of this claim and CBS Anchor Woman Katie Couric's former husband, Jay Monahan, [ http://www.monahancenter.org/ ] who died from colon cancer, implored all the saints to "wake up the American public about the urgent need for health care for all." The patron saint invoked during emergencies, saint Expedite, [ http://www.saintsforsinners.com/stories/saint_expedite_medal_story.htm ] also fretted, saying "some folks have dozens of polyps in their colon and can't get the care they need." He lamented that "many Americans do not even know they are in emergency situations." The saints for doctors will continue to monitor this issue and took time to offer special blessings to Doctor Kushel in San Francisco for heightening awareness about the very serious health care problem(s) facing many in America (and elsewhere).