Labiste Chase C, Huntley Kyle, Bauckman Kyle A, Fine Lauren, Rajput Vijay
Internal Medicine, Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine, Fort Lauderdale, USA.
Orthopaedics, Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine, Fort Lauderdale, USA.
Cureus. 2021 Sep 29;13(9):e18386. doi: 10.7759/cureus.18386. eCollection 2021 Sep.
Medical school admissions have become increasingly competitive, creating a pool of nontraditional applicants that seek postbaccalaureate training in biomedical sciences. Several postbaccalaureate and graduate programs developed curricula that, except for learning clinical skills, mirror the learning objectives of the foundational science curricula in medical schools. This education structure provides applicants with a competitive advantage when applying to medical schools. However, basic science curriculum assessments in medical schools have changed to pass/fail scoring systems. As a result, students that participate in preparatory postbaccalaureate and graduate programs cannot show their superior level of knowledge and may find some core foundational science subjects redundant during their pre-clerkship medical education. The aim of this article is to propose an innovative system for matriculation into medical school through the AdvancedMed (AMed) Track, a three-year accelerated medical curriculum in which graduate curricula adopt an advanced placement course called AMed courses. This system would mirror the structure of the high school Advanced Placement (AP) system; therefore, students would take AMed courses similar in rigor to medical school basic science courses. These courses include Anatomy, Histology, Physiology, Cellular Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics, Microbiology, Immunology, Biostatistics, and Epidemiology. All courses would require a scored national standardized test to receive medical school credit toward a three-year accelerated track curriculum. Nontraditional students could choose to study independently and take the AMed standardized examination for credit to enter the AMed Track. Medical schools have the incentive to start an AMed Track because its implementation could lessen the financial burden, reduce time spent in medical school, and increase the participation of nontraditional medical students.
医学院入学竞争日益激烈，催生出一批寻求生物医学科学学士学位后培训的非传统申请者。一些学士学位后和研究生项目制定了课程，除了学习临床技能外，这些课程与医学院基础科学课程的学习目标相似。这种教育结构为申请者在申请医学院时提供了竞争优势。然而，医学院的基础科学课程评估已改为通过/不及格评分系统。因此，参加预备性学士学位后和研究生项目的学生无法展示他们卓越的知识水平，并且可能会发现在临床实习前的医学教育中一些核心基础科学科目是多余的。本文的目的是提出一种通过高级医学（AMed）轨道进入医学院的创新系统，这是一个为期三年的加速医学课程，其中研究生课程采用一门名为AMed课程的大学先修课程。该系统将模仿高中大学先修课程（AP）系统的结构；因此，学生将学习难度与医学院基础科学课程相当的AMed课程。这些课程包括解剖学、组织学、生理学、细胞生物学、生物化学、遗传学、微生物学、免疫学、生物统计学和流行病学。所有课程都需要参加全国标准化考试以获得医学院对三年加速课程的学分。非传统学生可以选择自主学习并参加AMed标准化考试以获得学分进入AMed轨道。医学院有动力启动AMed轨道，因为其实施可以减轻经济负担、减少在医学院的学习时间，并增加非传统医学学生的参与度。
