Med Schools with "Conduct" Grades?

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Are there other medical schools out there that assess your personal conduct with letter grades or something similar?

It seems as if the University of Arkansas has a scholastic "non-cognitive" grading system for tracking student demeanor in every course, covering such areas as attentiveness, inquisitiveness, responsibility, cooperation, RESPECT FOR AUTHORITY, and other subjective characteristics that "are important to individuals preparing for a career in medicine." The grade scale has three designations: "outstanding," "demonstrated or not reported," and "inadequate." These grades are recorded on the official student record as well.

Are they trying to quantify bedside manner here? I feel like this is a bad flashback to elementary school... I realize medical school is a place where conformity reigns supreme, but when did it become obedience school?

Any thoughts?

 

[doepug]

Weird.

Most schools indirectly assess your conduct through your clinical evaluations. You get a set of comments after each rotation, and residents and/or attendings can write whatever they feel is appropriate. If you were inattentive, failed to display intellectual curiosity, acted like a buffoon, or whatever, it's reflected in your eval. The Arkansas system (as you've described it) is *****ic, and I doubt that any residency program would take it seriously.

doepug (MS IV)

 

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[ItsGavinC]

Oh wow, this is certainly news to me. Citizenship grades in med school seem like a really crappy idea given the fact that: 50% of people skip class, and 20% of those who remain are not conscious most of the time.