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Batman shooter from Colorado was student at Colorado Med.


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Apparently “The Dark Knight Rises” shooter from Aurora, Colorado was a student at Colorado Medical School. Yikes!

 

How can med schools avoid people like James Holmes, Guy Turcotte and others like them?

 

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"14 shot dead at 'Dark Knight Rises' screening in Aurora, Colorado"

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/20/12850048-14-shot-dead-at-dark-knight-rises-screening-in-aurora-colorado?lite

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Apparently “The Dark Knight Rises” shooter from Aurora, Colorado was a student at Colorado Medical School. Yikes!

 

How can med schools avoid people like James Holmes, Guy Turcotte and others like them?

 

News:

 

"14 shot dead at 'Dark Knight Rises' screening in Aurora, Colorado"

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/20/12850048-14-shot-dead-at-dark-knight-rises-screening-in-aurora-colorado?lite

 

He was a PhD student in Neuroscience at UC's School of Medicine. So, yes a student at the UC Med school, but not an M.D. student.

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hahaha, yes I agree - I was being diplomatic. :PThere are none in my class but I can name quite a few such students. :)

 

Not to be a **** in pointing this out--but that is really naive IMO. If it were really that obvious that sociopaths were sociopathic, you dont think the people that knew HIM would have also suspected something? There is just no way you know your class that well lol, research in the area shows that most ppl who commit acts like this are pretty affable and charasmatic. Im not suggesting there were sociopaths in your class, Im just saying that if there were, you likely would have no way of knowing.

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Apparently “The Dark Knight Rises” shooter from Aurora, Colorado was a student at Colorado Medical School. Yikes!

 

How can med schools avoid people like James Holmes, Guy Turcotte and others like them?

 

News:

 

"14 shot dead at 'Dark Knight Rises' screening in Aurora, Colorado"

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/20/12850048-14-shot-dead-at-dark-knight-rises-screening-in-aurora-colorado?lite

 

Two weeks ago I watched the movie "God Bless America". Plots look very similar. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Bless_America_(film)

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wasnt that the craigslist killer in med too... nothing about getting good grades, dec mcat, and sum extra curics really excludes you from being a nutjob i guess

 

When some people fail from heights they get vindictive/confused/angry. There is quite the high drop rate at US medical schools of course.

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I'm surprised that he only completed a Bachelor's degree before enrolling in the PhD program. Aren't people supposed to get their Master's before getting their PhD?

 

in the US, PHD programs are 5 year. so people can do them straight out of undergrad, whereas in Canada and (elsewhere) phd as 3 years programs with some more post doc work.

 

I think.

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