Whatever the reasons, the stress on multiple disciplines, on crediting what people already know and moving people through new learning quickly, and on teaching something within the context of its relevance are allgood ideas.
For now though, the grumbling around the online-learning technology not being quite good enough is likely to be a refrain that we all ought to get used to hearing for at least a couple more years.
If doctors are to be asked to repair only hernias all day long, their jobs will become mundane, and good-quality students will be deterred from learning medicine.