PrepTest 114, Section 3, Question 23
One of the greatest challenges facing medical students(481 more words not shown)
It can be inferred from(16 more words not shown)
- AThe heavy load(19 more words not shown)
- BStudents learn more(14 more words not shown)
- CThe traditional method(23 more words not shown)
- DThe failings of(18 more words not shown)
- ENeither scientific training(16 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The author favors narrative literature as a way to improve ethical training. That's the broad direction I'd carry into this inference question. We still need support for the particular claim an answer makes; a different solution that sounds reasonable isn't automatically the author's view.
Working the answers
- A
Technical coursework can disconnect students from personal and ethical concerns. But we aren't told that it does so by keeping schools from giving ethics courses enough emphasis. Paragraph two criticizes the approach used in those courses, not simply the space allotted to them.
- B
Narrative doesn't necessarily mean fiction. A true story is a narrative too. The comparison is with abstract theorizing, not with nonfiction as a whole.
- C
This was my own suggestion during the read-through: give students supervised practice with real patients. The author proposes reading narratives. My preferred alternative isn't evidence that the author recommends it.
- D
“Only” and “purely” turn one proposed method into an exclusive remedy. The opening calls narrative-based training “one method,” and the author acknowledges a benefit of traditional courses. Neither complete replacement nor exclusivity follows.
- ECorrect
Paragraph one says strictly scientific thinking is insufficient. Paragraph two says abstract theorizing contributes little to understanding everyday human experience. Together, those points support the inadequacy of both for the emotional needs at issue. That doesn't mean either approach is entirely useless.
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