Man vs Machine

     I find myself wondering what medicine in the future will hold with the advances scientist are making in biotechnology. I find this question to be one of the main concerns that the physicians of my novels try to address. They make comparisons and give eamples of studies that were performed in order to compare if machine can really surpass man in the medical field. I found that in both novels I read, not saying this is a fact but more of an opinion, the main factor that contributed to the faults in mans' cognition was that of the complexity of human emotion. While a machine could perform procedures and interpret test results with great acccuracy, man was found to make more mistakes. The degree of which a machine was found to out perform man were slight but still showed me that technology in medicine was just in its early stages. Who knows what could be accomplished in future years.
     These thoughts on the subject of man vs machine fill me with great awe, but also gives me a sense of worry with my goals of becoming an accomplished surgeon. If machine was found to better man more substantially in the future, then what would become of surgeons or physicians who are just not up to par? I find this thinking daunting but not overpowering because of an ace that man has up their sleeve. What could be this trump card you say? Well with all the accuracy of machine, I feel it will never match the care that physicians feel for their patients. That's what makes a doctor to me. Don't get me wrong I want a excellent surgeon to perform surgery on me or a brilliant physician to give me a diagnosis. However what would really reassure me that I was in good hands is knowing that that person performing my surgery is doing so because he cares about my health. In the end a doctor should be a mixture of man and machine where the accuracy of robotics meets that of the empathy of man. That is what I strive for to find that midground so that even though I am prone to eventually error, I will always be able to give my patients the care they deserve.