- The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) published a new book, Medical Students with Disabilities: Resources to Enhance Accessibility, that provides medical school educators with the tools and resources they need to help students with disabilities.
- You can now view the latest AAMC Analysis in Brief, a report that explores the connection between students’ socioeconomic status and med school completion. The study finds that students of parents without undergraduate degrees have a greater likelihood of dropping out of medical school in the first two years than do students of a higher socioeconomic background. MCAT scores played little role in the dropout rate.
- The 2010 Matriculating Student Questionnaire (MSQ) results were released to reveal first-year med students’ opinions and experiences about the application process, school choice, and career goals. Here are some of the questionnaire findings (from the executive summary):
- 61% of students took the MCAT once. 28.3% took it twice. 8.4% took it three or more times. And 2.3% didn’t take it at all.
- 65.3% of students took an MCAT prep course, compared to 68.5% in 2008.
- 47.1% of students waited at least one year between college and medical school. 52.9% of students went straight from college to med school.
- 10.3% of students plan on entering a career as a full-time academic faculty member (teaching, research). 60.4% plan on going into full-time clinical practice. 8.5% chose “Other” as their future career intention. And 20.8% are undecided.
- Most students plan on entering the field of internal medicine (17.7%). Coming in second was pediatrics at 13.7%. 10.3% plan to go into surgery. All other specialties are under 10%.
- 24.2% of students plan to open practices in underserved communities. 13.7% have no such plan. And the remaining 62.1% are undecided.
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