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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]IMO one of the largest factors is that medical school (like law school) does not screen for the factors that make for a good practitioner and over relies on grades and test scores. This tends to lead to a glut of medical students with astronomical scores and low social skills / emotional IQ. I don’t care as much about the role of foreign trained physicians as the fact that the structure of premedical and medical education weeds out kids who would be truly terrific doctors, particularly in primary care / peds / geriatrics (where the need is highest and “soft skills” are hugely important. I just finished a non-medical masters program at a top medical school. I was horrified at the utter lack of social skills amongst the so called best and brightest and it wasn’t just the international students by a long shot. Truly, it was so bad I worried for my future medical care. I think something has to change! [/quote]

This x1,000. Students are weeded out simply because there is not enough space in the medical schools, and they need to make decisions about who gets in somehow.  However, the classes that we use to weed out the students have very little to do with how good a doctor the student will become.  Not only with regard to interpersonal skills, but real world analytical and problem solving skills, as well.  [/quote]

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