It's even more difficult to get into med school

WayOutWestMom
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 23:17:14 +0000

So far this hasn’t got past the theoretical discussion stage so I have no idea what the final proposal might actually look like, but my understanding is that there would be no clinical involvement whatsoever. Once a student passed Step 1, only then would they be considered for continuing on to the clinical portion of medical education. My guess is progressing to the next stage would be via an interview process much like med schools currently use to admit students and require a summer intensive program to get students up to speed in the needed hands-on physical exam skills prior to beginning clinical rotations.

It appears to me that this would lower the cost of medical school but only by pushing the costs onto the individual student who would need to purchase access to online coursework and buy the necessary study aids to pass Step 1 (Anki, Pathoma, First Aid, etc) It could also further make med school accessible only the wealthy students because a student would need cost of living support while studying essentially full time to pass the requisite coursework and Step 1 in the 2-3 years that would be allowed.