Critical and courageous thinking in medical education: truth-telling, an antidote to tradition

The CMEJ welcomes articles that will help improve policies and practices, studies that have implications for medical education and can make a difference in the lives of our students and patients. We thank all the authors and researchers who worked so hard to bring the fruits of their hard intellectual labours into the public eye. We know that they are telling us the truth as they have come to understand it and thus are contributing to achieving our mission. Truth matters, as our national neighbours to the south find themselves debating. Truth-telling is foundational to a flourishing human society and to a field of study