Why Medical Education Fails to Teach Future Doctors How to Think | Dr. Philip Unfiltered

I teach students how to learn medicine. For more information, visit http://drphiliptisdall.com Clinical Pathophysiology (Edition 2) is now available for purchase! http://drphiliptisdall.com/textbook In this conversation, I discuss why modern medical education struggles to teach students how to think like a doctor and why true clinical reasoning is so difficult to learn—and to teach. We explore the shortcomings of memorization-based resources, including traditional pathology texts, and why understanding pathophysiology must come before algorithms, checklists, or pattern recall. I explain what separates information from judgment, why great medical educators are increasingly rare, and how students can train themselves to reason through disease rather than recite facts. I’m actively building a learning community around these principles, so subscribe to stay up to date as I continue developing tools, discussions, and resources focused on real clinical thinking. Follow me: Instagram:   / drphiliptisdallfacebook:     / drphiliptisdalltiktok:     / drphiliptisdall   Chapters 00:00 – How I began teaching pathology 04:41 – Memorization versus understanding 10:52 – What it actually means to think like a doctor 16:01 – Teaching disease through pathophysiology 23:18 – Why great medical educators are rare 31:42 – Judgment, pattern recognition, and reasoning 41:06 – The future of medical education #medicaleducation #clinicalreasoning #pathophysiology #medschool #medicalstudents #thinklikeadoctor