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UBC revamps medical school curriculum; doesn't include marijuana

Submitted by Marijuana News on Sat, 08/01/2015 - 17:22

UBC’s medical school is rolling out a new curriculum next month, but it won’t include more training on medical marijuana.

Three hours of class time is currently dedicated to the controversial medicine, even though doctors have now become the gatekeepers of the drug.

The Assistant Dean of Curriculum for the medical undergraduate program, Adam Peet, says there are few rigorous studies to guide even experienced physicians, much less medical students.

He was asked if education could be expanded one day.

“It really depends on how the whole issue of medical marijuana unfolds; you know I think it’s really important to state that we are not so much about teaching content, as we are about teaching process. Medicine in any area within science is expanding at such a fantastic rate that it is impossible for everyone to stay up on everything all of the time.”

He adds “I don’t think the...

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