I was reading efle's thread on the variability of clinical grades (H/HP/P/F) and was wondering why more schools don't adopt a P/F clinical system? I am just a mere applicant, but wouldn't it be better to make P/F the subjective parts of medical school, like preceptor evaluations? Perhaps make the evaluations themselves P/F, and then leave shelf exams to discern whether you get H/HP/P/F?
This is based on the premise that clerkship evaluations don't accurately or consistently assess clinical knowledge due to infinite attending biases -- which seems to be the sentiment on here and r/medicalschool. I honestly feel like I would rather have a graded preclinical than clinical period for medical school after reading some of these posts.
This is based on the premise that clerkship evaluations don't accurately or consistently assess clinical knowledge due to infinite attending biases -- which seems to be the sentiment on here and r/medicalschool. I honestly feel like I would rather have a graded preclinical than clinical period for medical school after reading some of these posts.