Posted on 07/30/2010 5:06:28 AM PDT by Second Amendment First
For generations of pre-med students, three things have been as certain as death and taxes: organic chemistry, physics and the Medical College Admission Test, known by its dread-inducing acronym, the MCAT.
So it came as a total shock to Elizabeth Adler when she discovered, through a singer in her favorite a cappella group at Brown University, that one of the nations top medical schools admits a small number of students every year who have skipped all three requirements.
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They forgo organic chemistry, physics and calculus though they get abbreviated organic chemistry and physics courses during a summer boot camp run by Mount Sinai. They are exempt from the MCAT. Instead, they are admitted into the program based on their high school SAT scores, two personal essays, their high school and early college grades and interviews.
The study found that, by some measures, the humanities students made more sensitive doctors: they were more than twice as likely to train as psychiatrists (14 percent compared with 5.6 percent of their classmates) and somewhat more likely though less so than Dr. Kase had expected to go into primary care fields, like pediatrics and obstetrics and gynecology (49 percent compared with 39 percent). Conversely, they avoid some fields, like surgical subspecialties and anesthesiology.
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The disciplines you cited as posing difficulty for aspiring MDs are really not that complicated. The skill and maturity required to navigate those studies establishes a reasonable threshold for qualifying medical practitioners.
BTW, I believe PAs can write scripts.
q_an_a sounds like a doctor wannabe that couldn't cut it. (We've both seen the type a million times.)
Quack politically correct “doctors”
Just great.
At least in our state medical school Calculus is not even required. The relevant requirements:
Physics
A complete introductory course (1 year), including lab and instruction
Mathematics
College algebra and trigonometry. Applicants who completed college algebra and trigonometry in high school must take either an advanced college mathematics course or a statistics course
Below is a description of the courses which would satisfy the Medical School Physics requirement. These courses are pretty typical for someone pursuing a BA (not BS) in Chemistry/Biochemistry. The Community College equivalent of these courses is taught at our High School and is the Physics that the high performing students take.
880:054. General Physics I — 4 hrs.
(PHYSICS 1511)
Algebra-based introductory course covering Newtonian mechanics, gravitation, and thermal physics. Emphasis on conceptual understanding of physical principles through group investigations and lab activities. Discussion/lab, 5 periods. Prerequisite(s): high school algebra and trigonometry or equivalent. (Offered Fall and Spring)
880:056. General Physics II — 4 hrs.
(PHYSICS 1512)
Algebra-based introductory course covering electricity, magnetism, optics, and modern physics. Emphasis on conceptual understanding of physical principles through group investigations and lab activities. Discussion/lab, 5 periods. Prerequisite(s): 880:054 (PHYSICS 1511) or 880:130 (PHYSICS 1701). (Offered Fall and Spring)
OR....what race.
If you think drugs “fix” mental problems then you need to seek the truth some more.
I will avoid all doctors who come from these dumbed down med schools
Who has to see a doctor every three months for a routine prescription?
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