Dont the existing medical schools determine whether or not the student is really ready to become a certified doctor?
A. Partially, but not adequately. In addition to the requirements of each individual medical school, each state has written examinations that must be passed. Also, each medical specialty has a board that administers it’s own written and oral exams. In my opinion, the examinations conducted by the specialty boards are the most relevant to what the doctor will actually be doing. Written exams measure only a small part of whole-brain functioning, and our emphasis on them is at the very core of the dysfunction that plagues our educational system.
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