Q1: Do I need to study physics for clinical medicine?
A: Physics is basically required to study clinical medicine.
As one of the five categories of medical specialties that can be certified as a medical practitioner, clinical medicine has higher requirements for students. In particular, some famous medical schools, but also require students to take physics, such as Peking University School of Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Fudan University School of Medicine and so on. However, according to the 2020 undergraduate admissions brochures released by the institutions, there are many general undergraduate colleges and universities of clinical medicine to enroll candidates who have not chosen the subject of physics.
So if you want to study clinical medicine, if you want to get into a strong medical school to study clinical medicine, you must choose physics.
According to statistics, many colleges and universities also require "3+1+2" mode of clinical medicine candidates to choose another subject must be biology, chemistry, more than 20% of the colleges and universities require both, multi-disciplinary integration in order to allow medical students to better understand the medical knowledge.
In short, high school students who want to study clinical specialties should be prepared to become science students in the traditional sense of the word, learn physics, and selectively study chemistry and biology.
Q2: Why do I need physics to study medicine?
A: There are some reasons.
1, physics is a mandatory course for some medical specialties
Although biology and chemistry are closely related to the medical profession, many medical specialties also offer physics courses. For example, medical physics is a required course for clinical medicine majors.
Western medicine is based on modern science, doctors use diagnostic instruments, diagnostic programs, have their scientific principles, including the principles of physics. In order for students to master these scientific principles, physics has become a mandatory course for some medical specialties. Only if you have learned physics in high school can you lay the foundation for college-level learning.
2, the mastery of medical courses need to use the knowledge of physics
In the study of physics will come into contact with the knowledge of fluid dynamics, these knowledge in the study of physiology, pathophysiology and other courses need to be used, and only after learning physics to understand and master some physiological mechanisms. Therefore, physics for medical students, it is impossible to avoid the necessary knowledge.
3, the use of medical equipment requires some general knowledge of physics
In the process of practicing medicine, the need to use quite a lot of physical knowledge, so as a doctor, you must master some general knowledge of physics. For example, the use of physical electrical knowledge of bioelectric therapy, is a common clinical method of physical therapy; the use of physical optics knowledge of optometry, is a means of correcting myopia; the use of atomic physics knowledge of X-rays, but also the hospital is necessary to check the method.
4, the development of modern medicine relies on the physical discipline
Doctors most commonly used diagnostic equipment - stethoscope, has been born 200 years, it is the principle of vibration conduction between substances. During these 200 years, physics has evolved, and medicine has advanced with it.
Nowadays, new diagnostic tools such as nuclear magnetic **** vibration and endoscopic techniques have been invented and are gradually applied to the clinic, and radiotherapy surgery is also one of the best ways to treat cancer in the clinic. This all shows that physical technology in a strong push to the development of clinical medicine, so even though biology and chemistry are closely related to medicine, but the development of clinical medicine must rely on physical.