Hospitals today are filled with machinery that has replaced human labor that was once the only available system of service. The rise of technology in the healthcare field continues to prevail as a way for not only alternative operating procedures but also managing entire patient records. How has technology changed modern medicine and what do these mean for new doctors entering the field?Humanoid robots and doctor apps have allowed people to bypass the geographical and time constraints of waiting to see an actual physician. The Internet has also revolutionized the way people seek out answers to their medical related questions. With such innovations that can handle entire databases of information, the roles of modern doctors must accordingly adjust. Doctors were once required to be knowledgeable sources of information so that they could treat patients, however technological competition has now eradicated the need for human databases. Patients today are now looking for humanistic approaches to treatment that treat them holistically and not just their illness. Medical schools have also recognized the need for change in modern medicine by integrating an entirely new MCAT that focuses on humanistic subjects of socially and psychology. My research project will analyze these changes and efforts to accommodate them in the healthcare field by examining the roles of doctors in the past and comparing them to the present with the addition of technological advances.
