Easiest Med School Programs?

[ace425x]

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Ok so I don't want the title of this thread to give the wrong impression, but what do you guys think (in your opinion) are the easiest med school programs? For example, I've heard that Mt Sinai has computerized take home exams, Yale has option exams and lectures, etc. Can someone please elaborate on these schools and other that you would possibly consider the easiest? Like I said before, I know all med schools are hard and take a tremendous amount of work and studying, but I personally think take home exams or optional lectures would make it much much easier and less stressful to deal with.

 

[Bangersandmash]

At the end of the day, you won't get a real answer. It's not like anyone has done medical school twice at two different schools to give you an accurate relative comparison.

In the end you have to learn the same thing to get an MD. I know Pass/Fail schools are less stressful than A/B/C/D/F schools and I'm sure optional lectures versus mandatory lectures are more relaxing, but considering most schools have moved to pass/fail systems with optional lectures, I'm not sure you'll find better differentiation.

 

[red doctober]

"Easiest" should have been phrased, "Most flexible."

Honestly, you're going to have to work very hard either way, and because everyone takes the same boards, you won't be doing yourself any favors by slacking the first two years. That said, it all comes down to personal preference. If you're someone who likes to sleep in and study on your own time, maybe it wouldn't be the best idea to go to a school with mandatory lectures. If you're somebody who has little motivation to keep up unless being told to, maybe mandatory lectures is better. Most schools these days do not require students to go to lecture and capture them so students can watch them on their own time/place. Sinai's exam policy is exactly what you said--students can take them on their computer on a range of dates (Friday to Sunday, I think.) I would suppose it takes some stress off knowing that you don't such a hard set time to take exams, but realistically, I don't think it would make a huge difference. Sure, you could cheat and use notes or collaborate, but you'd be really only cheating yourself as the difficulty to made to prepare you for Step 1.

 

[kami333]

There are also decelerated programs where you take 4.5-5years for medical school instead of the traditional 4.

 

[SOMBound13]

Right...no one has actually compared.

MD Med school education in the US is rather flat. It's not like one school teaches X, Y, Z and another only teaches X and Y, and another teaches A, B, X, and Y.

Besides, "easy" may have a lot to do with the talents of the instructors. Those with the natural ability to present material in the most understandable and digestible format will give a "feel" that their classes are easier. Awful profs can make any class horrifically hard.

There are also decelerated programs where you take 4.5-5years for medical school instead of the traditional 4.

that can get expensive. Another semester or year of housing. And the tuition costs must end up being higher as well.

"Easiest" should have been phrased, "Most flexible."

Agreed.

 

[113]

You have threads on the easiest med school and foreign med schools...

Are you sure you want to be a doctor? Medical training takes many years, hours are often long, and studying is rarely easy.

 

[novafan3000]

yeah still gotta pass the boards my man.. i dont think any med school is "easy"

 

[Geebeejay]

since medical school is intended to prepare you for the boards and for residency, I would expect that the "easiest" programs could also be classified as the "least effective" programs.

 

[Law2Doc]

Ok so I don't want the title of this thread to give the wrong impression, but what do you guys think (in your opinion) are the easiest med school programs? For example, I've heard that Mt Sinai has computerized take home exams, Yale has option exams and lectures, etc. Can someone please elaborate on these schools and other that you would possibly consider the easiest? Like I said before, I know all med schools are hard and take a tremendous amount of work and studying, but I personally think take home exams or optional lectures would make it much much easier and less stressful to deal with.

If this even enters your mind as a reasonable question you probably don't have the mettle to stomach med school and residency. It's hard. There's a ton to know. You have to work hard and retain a lot. The hours can be brutal. So asking which is easiest is like asking which cell is the most comfortable in San Quentin.

Now, you could ask, which places make lecture optional, or which ones have their lectures available online, which ones have more clinical exposure early, or use more PBL, etc, and those all would be reasonable questions that might give you a sense of what might be the best fit for you. But easiest? No. To the person who would earnestly ask this question, none would be easy.