improving med school admissions

[flip26]

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Personality testing:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/15/health/14chen.html

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

Personality testing:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/15/health/14chen.html

hmm..
personality test eh... possibly good, but again what makes 1 personality better then the other, while idealists are the ideal for doctors and social relation jobs. A guardian or innovator personality might just be as good if they decide to go into medicine.

 

[minicow]

umm i think youre a little late....already a thread on this in the last week

 

[IndianVercetti]

Right, I read this - the data she is using is a bit skewed. First of all, her numbers are only reflecting allopathic physicians. She fails to take into account that many DO programs pride themselves on overlooking certain low scores to a degree if the candidate displays personality traits favorable to being good doctor.

With that being said, the MCAT is needed in order to see how a person may tend to perform on the USMLE. Even if a 'personality test' were implemented, eventually one would have to take step 1, 2, and 3; and once again the competition is present.

 

[Morsetlis]

I love personality testing! I use OkCupid everyday!

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[teenmachinery1]

mumbo jumbo pseudo-science psychobabble nonsense quackery b.s. is what this article is talking about.

might as well throw in genetic tests to see if a candidate has the right genes that are most highly correlated with med school success.

 

[Morsetlis]

Gattaca

 

[Ag2007]

not knocking you op, but this has been discussed in another thread here.

 

[flip26]

not knocking you op, but this has been discussed in another thread here.

Not knocking you, DB, but this thread is over a month old, and someone else pointed this out...so why are you reviving except to "knock the OP?"

 

[Rickybobby]

Old news....