True, but they went the wrong way about it. The burden should have been on the NBME to prove that the system was producing physicians that are inept. Of course, NBME was going to raise the cut off for passing if your argument was that almost everyone passes. Regardless, raising the cut off shows they were using arbitrary metrics for that test. They weren't interested in really catching students who don't have the "skills" to become physicians.
I am with you 100%. I feel like we've worked our axx off and borrowed tons of money to get through this and yet we don't get to say anything about how things are being done in our education. Kudos to those Harvard medical students who launched this movement.
Hey man, I know the person who was 1 year ahead of me. She had never failed any exams in throughout her med school had average step 1 and 2 scores and had a decent number of interviews and to her surprise she failed CS. All the programs dropped her app right away. She was jobless upon graduation.
It's a sad situation... I might end up like that person.
So here is the thing, if you look at the stat, most AMG pass this exam. However, that's not the case for IMG or foreign grads. I really think the CS exam should weed out foreign grads whose English is not there 1st language or culturally have a different background (Forgive me if this doesn't sound PC, I am trying to be straightforward). Handling patients in the US is different and in most cases, I feel like it's a cultural thing. I've seen plenty of horrible foreign grad residents who treated patients/staff like crap (of course, most of them are excellent folks and overqualified I am sure...). As I mentioned before we as AMG take numerous clinical skill exams that I can't think of any of my classmates who would not be qualified to be out there taking care of patients. I think the getting into med school and getting trough med school and passing step1 and 2 are rigorous enough to weed out unqualified candidates. I do agree with we need a standardized CS exam for foreign grads who want to practice here in the US, but to force us to take this exam to AMG, I am beginning to think what the point is.
I have asked myself the same question after taking it...
I agree, but that is unlikely to happen since most medical students won't do that...
