It's even more difficult to get into med school

Creekland
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 22:51:45 +0000

WayOutWestMom:

Some of the more radical proposals to reform medical education are to eliminate the MCAT and eliminate most in-person didactic (classroom) instruction and let student do individual computer based competency training (under restrictive time limits). Then using a student’s USMLE Step 1 score to decide who get to advance to clinical training. It wouldn’t increase the number of clinical training slots, but it would make the first 2 years of med school more accessible.

How does this work in med schools where students are actively engaged in working with patients from the first year? I’ll admit to liking the plan where students are doing the book learning while also doing some apprentice-like training. It’s not anywhere near the same as residency, of course, or even as involved as third/fourth years, but it’s still hands/eyes on vs pure books.