How often are med students required to write reports?

[Dedikated2liftn]

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This may seem like a stupid question to all of those already in med school; however, I was curious how often (if at all) are medical students required to write reports (i.e. a typical report one might write in undergrad...double-spaced, x # pages, etc.). I figure that the majority (if not all) of the grading will be derived from performance on exams. Is this correct??

 

[Law2Doc]

This may seem like a stupid question to all of those already in med school; however, I was curious how often (if at all) are medical students required to write reports (i.e. a typical report one might write in undergrad...double-spaced, x # pages, etc.). I figure that the majority (if not all) of the grading will be derived from performance on exams. Is this correct??

You perhaps can have 1-2 little essays and 1-2 presentations in the first two years. Most of the grades during these years are exam based. In 3rd year, you may have a variety of presentations on various topics and will be writing up H&Ps and SOAP notes on patients pretty regularly. (Not really an essay, but involves a bit of writing). Generally somewhere around 75% of your grade (varies by school) during third year is based on subjective evaluations and the remainder based on shelf exams.

 

[Blesbok]

I have never written a proper report in the first two years of med school. 90+% of most grades are based on multiple choice exams. Some classes have lab sessions and group projects, etc, that are worth a little bit of your grade. Then you have 1 or 2 clinical based grades in the first two years.

 

[sprinkibrio]

So far in first year we've had to write up two mental status exams (1 pg) for 10% of our grade and an optional paper for Embryology on the topic of our choice using literature reference (for Honors credit).

 

[Captain Fantastic]

PBL students write a couple of objectives a week: usually 2-4 pages. While not explicitly graded, they do factor into your end-of-block evaluation given by the PBL tutor.