Low Tier Med Schools

[bubbajones]

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DOES ANYONE KNOW THE WORST MED SCHOOLS IN THE U.S. I SAY UTAH AND SOUTH DAKOTA (DONT MEAN TO OFFEND ANYONE) I KNOW ALL US MED SCHOOLS ARE GOOD BUT WHICH ONES ARENT CUT THROAT EXTREME TO GET INTO? JUST CURIOUS.

 

[Columbia22]

Harvard, by far

 

[bubbajones]

haha funny

 

[OrthoFixation]

I read about 4 schools recently on the forum that got blasted for their graduates inflicted mortality rates. Those 4 are probably much easier to get into, especially now!

 

[bubbajones]

WHICH ONES?

 

[Megalofyia]

They are Meharry, Howard, Guadalaraja, and Manila Study: Howard, Meharry, Guadalajara, Manila produce subpar doctors

 

[JM.]

Originally posted by bubbajones
WHICH ONES?

USING CAPITAL AND LOWERCASE LETTERS CAN BE SUCH A DRAG!!!

 

[BushBaby]

Originally posted by Megalofyia
They are Meharry, Howard, Guadalaraja, and Manila Study: Howard, Meharry, Guadalajara, Manila produce subpar doctors

Okay Okay Okay....not all the doctors who graduate from these institutions are "subpar"....you got subpar docs coming from all institutions (Harvard graduate some geniasses too, but not that much). You can't throw the whole lot of graduate from (meharry, manila, howard and guadalaraja) into the catergory of "subpar" that's not reasonable, not to mention unfair.

By the way, what measure was used to indicate that these docs were "subpar"? The good ol' written exam or practical real world application?

 

[OrthoFixation]

I believe it was an unusually high mortality rate.

 

[BushBaby]

Originally posted by OrthoFixation
I believe it was an unusually high mortality rate.

High mortality rate of what?

I am not sure of Manila and the other "G" school so I will limit my comment to Meharry and Howard.


If I graduated from Howard and I work in some underserved area doomed to have an high mortality rate anyway (due to the depressed community)...ofcourse you would think I am a "subpar" doc. It's not my fault I am employed to play God to a 100 cases of crack-addicted babies and gun-shot wounds everyday. Then you come and take a survey of my mortality rate, ofcourse it will be sky high.

Now, I go work at some hot shot hospital with high-tech "this" and high-tech "that" and employed to play God to a 100 cases of healthy babies, with the majority of my patients come in with the common cold or whatnot, ofcourse my mortality rate would be low and I would be a king among the other kings.

 

[doepug]

How did mortality rate get involved in this?

According to the Baltimore Sun article, "Together, these large, well-established schools have produced more than 600 doctors cited by licensing boards for negligence, incompetence, sexual assault, drug abuse or fraud."

The implication is that Meharry and Howard consistently produce more "bad doctors" than other schools. Read the article if you want to argue against it...

doepug

 

[doctalaughs]

NPR had a segment on this too. You can listen to it here:

http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=1315149

He basically says that these schools cannot rescue the subpar students they are admitting.

 

[kimm70]

Hmmm, I think the OP is sorely mistaken in reference to Utah being a low tier school (I cannot speak for S. Dakota, as I know nothing of its standing.) According to my information, the average GPA of incoming students is a 3.7 and 10's in each category on the MCAT. In my books the U of U was listed as Highly Selective (which is just below the "Most Selective" tier). In the materials from Utah, they state "the School of Medicine is extremely competitive."