Grading System and Option of Temple

[Sweetlill1]

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I am working on my Temple secondary and was wondering what their grading system is (I can't find this info on their website), and along with this, how competitive do you feel the environment is at Temple? I welcome any other info on your school that you think might help me. Thanks in advance!

 

[DeterminedMD]

I am working on my Temple secondary and was wondering what their grading system is (I can't find this info on their website), and along with this, how competitive do you feel the environment is at Temple? I welcome any other info on your school that you think might help me. Thanks in advance!

It is Honors/High Pass/Pass/Fail. Top 12% get honors.

As for the competitiveness...It is a pretty relaxed environment. Everyone tends to help each other out and work together. Dont get me wrong, there is some level of competitiveness. I think that it is natural and you will find it wherever you go. Obviously everyone wants to do well and everyone got into medical school for a reason. But there is no backstabbing or hogging of resources. Everyone is pretty much works together.

As for the curriculum, it changed this year. I am not sure how much detail the website goes into. But they have changed to a more organ based approach. Also the class schedule has changed. The first block is gross anatomy. That is Mon-Fri for 7 weeks. We have a conference from 8-9 where the professors use powerpoint to ask the class (30 people per room) questions. Then lab from 9-12. Thats it for the first 7 weeks. Then we have block 2 which is a combo of histo, embryo and possibly biochem. But again class is only until 12 which leaves a lot of time for self study.

We also have "Doctoring" 1-2x week where we practice basic clinical skills on patient actors. There is also a simualtion center with simulation baby and adults. You can practice listening to heart sunds/lung sounds/giving injections etc and trying to treat a disorder. As part of this course you are assigned to a doctor who serves as your mentor. You get to work in their office about once a month (or more depending on what you work out with them). This course is continuous for 3 years. So it gives you a fair amount of clinical exposure and ties what you are learning together.

Hope this info helps....

 

[Sweetlill1]

Thank you very much, your answer was very helpful. I noticed the new curriculum on the website, and it was explained pretty well, but it didn't say anything about the class schedule so that was very good to know. I am glad to hear about the early clinical exposure, I never found anything explaining that. Thanks again!