Medicine
Education in Medicine: The characteristics of future physicians: "In my blog from 2/4/11 'Why do we put so much import on the MCAT?', I discussed some of the negative characteristics that can be associated ..."
- Medical Student Selection
The US has great health disparities, and reducing them is a major component of the federal government’s Healthy People 2010 goals. We have spoken earlier about the fact that many people lack of access to quality care, most often because of lack of health...
- Getting The Right Students In Medical School
Are we getting the right students into the medical school? To answer this question, we have to decide what we want students to look like when they get out of medical school. There is some debate about this but not as much as you would think. Once we decide...
- The New (and Improved?) Mcat
Some of you may have heard about the proposed revisions to the Medical College Admissions Test. What do you think about the changes? The AAMC released the preliminary report from their MR5 advisory committee. This task force was appointed in 2008 with...
- Personality Traits That Predict Success In Medical School
This is the third in a series of posts about my concern with the students that we are bringing into medical school. I am constantly reminded that not everyone believes that there is a problem. Some think that we are getting the right students into medical...
- Why Do We Put So Much Import On The Mcat?
Every year thousands of potential medical students spend a lot of time and money to study for the MCAT. Students spend a lot of money, for example, $1,749 to take the Kaplan Complete MCAT Preparation and $1,000 for the Princeton Review. Why??...
Medicine
Education in Medicine: The characteristics of future physicians
Education in Medicine: The characteristics of future physicians: "In my blog from 2/4/11 'Why do we put so much import on the MCAT?', I discussed some of the negative characteristics that can be associated ..."
- Medical Student Selection
The US has great health disparities, and reducing them is a major component of the federal government’s Healthy People 2010 goals. We have spoken earlier about the fact that many people lack of access to quality care, most often because of lack of health...
- Getting The Right Students In Medical School
Are we getting the right students into the medical school? To answer this question, we have to decide what we want students to look like when they get out of medical school. There is some debate about this but not as much as you would think. Once we decide...
- The New (and Improved?) Mcat
Some of you may have heard about the proposed revisions to the Medical College Admissions Test. What do you think about the changes? The AAMC released the preliminary report from their MR5 advisory committee. This task force was appointed in 2008 with...
- Personality Traits That Predict Success In Medical School
This is the third in a series of posts about my concern with the students that we are bringing into medical school. I am constantly reminded that not everyone believes that there is a problem. Some think that we are getting the right students into medical...
- Why Do We Put So Much Import On The Mcat?
Every year thousands of potential medical students spend a lot of time and money to study for the MCAT. Students spend a lot of money, for example, $1,749 to take the Kaplan Complete MCAT Preparation and $1,000 for the Princeton Review. Why??...