Transforming throughout technology: innovation in medicine.

Many people may say that human contact is essential, especially when treating sick people. Are you willing to be cured by a robot? Would you take a pill that can run a lot of complicated exams? Daniel Kraft in “Medicine’s future? There’s an app for that”  explains the future of medicine, claiming robots and other digital interfaces will soon replace doctors and traditional ways of curing.

The question is, as technology keeps developing, are we losing the essence of humanity by attenuating our contact with each other? The future of medical students includes studying anatomy and surgery with machines. Jack Choi just created a virtual dissection table for example. What about the importance of enhancing students’ preparation with real organisms? To what extent is person shown on the virtual dissection table similar enough to a real human body?