Hello!
I wanted to ask you which medical schools you think/know are the most teaching-oriented, student-centered ones. I understand all medical medical schools are, well, "schools" and care about their students, so that’s why I say "the most" and specify the teaching aspect of it.
I’m in my sophomore year and have been wondering what kind of school would be the best fit for me, and it all depends on whether I get into any school at all, but I’d like some guidance as to how to rank my list. What I’ve come up with is the kind of school I’d like to attend, and it would be a med school that is above all formative and completely devoted to ensuring their students learn (not necessarily through innovative teaching methods or low faculty-to-student ratios).
That is in contrast to some other schools I’ve read about online. Some seem to focus mainly on their research center or clinic, with students taking more of a backseat, simply following the prescribed curriculum. Some other schools appear to have faculty that is more concerned with bombarding you with loaded slides and then test you on obscure, minute details that may or may not be relevant. I know one is supposed to study independently, etc., but I’m trying to describe your typical researcher-but-not-teacher professor who sorta boasts about their class getting low scores because "medicine is hard and you need to realize it." And there are other schools that advertise all this fancy equipment they have (virtual anatomy labs, fully cushioned libraries, and such) that is supposed to enhance the learning experience, yet their students complain that their classes or rotation sites were lacking.
Don‘t mistake me: I understand no med school is perfect, and I’m not trying to find the "easy one." Medicine is quite challenging and it should be. I’m just looking to see which medical schools are more invested in their teaching and having quality faculty (the school with staff that knows their students and tries hard to get you that rotation across the country because they know you’ll thrive in it), instead of the boot camp school with renown Dr. Ahole as an instructor who totally ignores his/her students during rotations.
I appreciate your answers as to what schools would fit what I’m looking for and/or which ones definitely do not. Thanks! 🙂
I wanted to ask you which medical schools you think/know are the most teaching-oriented, student-centered ones. I understand all medical medical schools are, well, "schools" and care about their students, so that’s why I say "the most" and specify the teaching aspect of it.
I’m in my sophomore year and have been wondering what kind of school would be the best fit for me, and it all depends on whether I get into any school at all, but I’d like some guidance as to how to rank my list. What I’ve come up with is the kind of school I’d like to attend, and it would be a med school that is above all formative and completely devoted to ensuring their students learn (not necessarily through innovative teaching methods or low faculty-to-student ratios).
That is in contrast to some other schools I’ve read about online. Some seem to focus mainly on their research center or clinic, with students taking more of a backseat, simply following the prescribed curriculum. Some other schools appear to have faculty that is more concerned with bombarding you with loaded slides and then test you on obscure, minute details that may or may not be relevant. I know one is supposed to study independently, etc., but I’m trying to describe your typical researcher-but-not-teacher professor who sorta boasts about their class getting low scores because "medicine is hard and you need to realize it." And there are other schools that advertise all this fancy equipment they have (virtual anatomy labs, fully cushioned libraries, and such) that is supposed to enhance the learning experience, yet their students complain that their classes or rotation sites were lacking.
Don‘t mistake me: I understand no med school is perfect, and I’m not trying to find the "easy one." Medicine is quite challenging and it should be. I’m just looking to see which medical schools are more invested in their teaching and having quality faculty (the school with staff that knows their students and tries hard to get you that rotation across the country because they know you’ll thrive in it), instead of the boot camp school with renown Dr. Ahole as an instructor who totally ignores his/her students during rotations.
I appreciate your answers as to what schools would fit what I’m looking for and/or which ones definitely do not. Thanks! 🙂
