New approach to medical school education
Western Michigan University is seeking to carry out a new approach to medical school education. The dean suggests that the traditional two year classroom and two year clinical training is no longer the appropriate path to take in terms of educating the best physicians. The dean suggested that more hands-on clinical experience, starting with the first year of medical school, will give future physicians a better medical education than spending half of their education in a lecture hall. The plan is to receive their accreditation from the LCME and then begin the application process for the class of 2013. While this approach seems logical in terms of the hands-on experience medical students will be receiving, the assessment of such a program is vital to test whether this is in fact a better approach to medical education.
