The Environment Envir.
Most people see a family as a negative influence on medical school success.
After all, how can anyone support a family without working a full time job, and how can anyone work a full time job without sloughing off on study time. Add to that the emotional time demands of being a parent and a spouse, and you ve got the recipe for failure. But, I must disagree. The medical student with a family has a valuable resource at home,and it s not a text book or computer. On the contrary, the most valuable resource a medical student has is the family.