St John’s Medical College
Medical college in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| How I Learned to Understand the World | Hans Rosling | turning point | In 1972 Rosling did an elective here and found the fourth-year Indian students knew far more than he did, notably over an angiogram of a kidney tumor and the big Harrison textbook. |
How I Learned to Understand the World — Hans Rosling (2019)
Source: How I Learned to Understand the World · Readwise highlight
Part of the plan for our Asian trip was for me to be a visiting student at the St. John’s Medical College in Bangalore.
- Role: turning point
- In the book: In 1972 Rosling did an elective here and found the fourth-year Indian students knew far more than he did, notably over an angiogram of a kidney tumor and the big Harrison textbook.
- Why it matters: The place where his ‘West is best’ worldview was first overturned.