Wednesday, 23 January 2013
Jordan Conference Center Auditorium
University of Virginia School of Medicine
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John F. Anderson Memorial Lecture
THE NEW MCAT AND DOCTORS
FOR THE 21st CENTURY
Darrell J. Kirch MD
President, Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington DC
Randolph J. Canterbury MD
Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education, UVA
Michael Levenson PhD
Professor of English and Director, Institute for the Humanities
and Global Cultures, UVA
With health care reforms on the horizon and other social realities—aging, immigration, chronic conditions, quests for prevention and wellness—changing health care in the U.S., what kinds of doctors will our health care system (and its patients) require? Clearly, not only medical school curricula but also the selection process for medical students will be key determinants of whether we have physicians fully prepared to practice as the 21st century advances. This Medical Center Hour addresses transformational changes underway in the preprofessional preparation and selection of the nation’s medical students, including a new version of the MCAT exam, which goes “live” in 2015. What does this new MCAT signal for premed students as they prepare for medical school? And how might colleges and universities offer their premed students academic experiences that will better equip them for medical school and practice in the 21st century?
Co-presented with the Institute for the Humanities and Global Cultures, UVA
