The article does beg the question, though, about whether the preclinical med school courses could be made more “open source.” It could be more accessible and lower cost and could be done remotely. However, it makes it more difficult to clinically correlate the learning if not done concurrently with anatomy lab, histology lab etc.
In addition, most schools have long been trying to live toward a more clinically integrated curriculum from year 1 rather than sitting in lectures for 90% of Year 1-2 (I doubt any school does this anymore…)