Do soft Tissue Deformations Contribute to the Mechanics of Walking in Obese Adults?
The greater proportion of soft tissues in obese individuals results in substantial changes in the amount, location, and timing of work and may also affect metabolic energy expenditure during walking.
The 100th anniversary of the Flexner Report is an appropriate time to revisit some of the principles that it contains and, in particular, to discuss whether well-intentioned efforts to humanise students' medical school experiences and to make students more responsive to the needs of patients threaten a core value that is as relevant as it was in Flexner's day: namely, competence in contemporary biomedical science.