Here is some of the latest, most interesting news about the medical school admissions process and medical education from media outlets across the world.
Getting your MD is challenging, but some of your students may aim even higher. How about an MD PLUS an MBA on top of that? Some pre-med students go on to pursue a business degree, which can be rewarding and lucrative, but they should learn about the time and cost commitments required. (U.S. News & World Report)
As part of an effort to improve the quality of Wikipedia articles about medicine and to help future physicians learn about communicating with the public, medical students at the University of California, San Francisco will soon be able to get course credit for editing stories about diseases. (The New York Times)
Change may be moving from west to east. Medical schools in Great Britain have have gotten around to adopting the MMI process to field prospective students – medical schools in the United States are also adopting this. Kaplan Test Prep’s 2012 survey of medical school admissions officers found a growing number of schools adopting this approach to interviewing. (The Guardian)
As the most-wired generation works toward their medical degrees and gears up to practice in a whole new healthcare world (think: the 2015 MCAT!) some are rethinking how much IT should be taught in medical school. (Healthcare IT News)
What might the impact of shortened MD program be on healthcare and medical education? One Boston doctor opines the following: “In the end, the length of medical school is not really the main issue. Instead, the true challenge facing today’s doctors is to embrace an unfamiliar future defined by new expertise and deficiencies, to encourage continual, incremental learning, and to teach things that address the emerging needs of our patients” (NPR)
