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Democratic state Senate challenger Rich Cowan threw his support Thursday behind Washington State Universitys bid to operate its own medical school without having to rely on the University ofWashington.
We need a world-class medical school headquartered here in Spokane, Cowan said. A WSU medical school with its own mission that serves our community and the surroundingarea.
His comments, made during a Rotary 21 debate with incumbent state Sen. Michael Baumgartner, R-Spokane, come as the states two largest universities continue sparring over control of Spokanes expanding medical educationprograms.
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Democratic state Senate challenger Rich Cowan threw his support Thursday behind Washington State Universitys bid to operate its own medical school without having to rely on the University ofWashington.
We need a world-class medical school headquartered here in Spokane, Cowan said. A WSU medical school with its own mission that serves our community and the surroundingarea.
His comments, made during a Rotary 21 debate with incumbent state Sen. Michael Baumgartner, R-Spokane, come as the states two largest universities continue sparring over control of Spokanes expanding medical educationprograms.
Baumgartner, seeking a second term in the Legislature, has long favored a continued partnership between WSU and UW, saying one brings the needed enthusiasm and the other the necessaryexperience.
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One of the main requirements for students who wish to apply to medical school will have its largest update in more than 20 years. Starting in
The new MCAT will test medical school hopefuls on sociology and psychology skills, in addition to biology and chemistry. Graphic courtesy of BenchPrep.com.
April 2015, the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) will nearly double its already three-and-a half-hour length.
Updated to reflect changing practices and new developments in medicine, the MCAT will now test students on social sciences such as psychology and sociology. Students will also be tested on biochemistry, in addition to biology, organic chemistry, physics and critical thinking skills.
Owen Farcy is the developer of Pre-Med Partnerships at Kaplan Test Prep, which provides preparatory classes for students studying for the MCAT exam. Farcy said that not only the content of the test changed, but so has the format of it.
Its a very different test. The Association of American Medical Colleges [AAMC] discussed while launching these changes that there are a variety of factors contributing to them, Farcy said. The field of medicine has shifted significantly since 20 years ago. Thats where the social sciences come in.
The current MCAT test is composed of 144 questions to be answered over the course of three hours and 20 minutes. On the new test, students will have 230 questions to answer over the course of six hours and 15 minutes. Additional types of questions related to research design and graphical analysis will likely appear on the test as well.
Loyola sophomore Ben Crofoot said he sees the changes as positive, as they will not only examine the science skills of hopeful medical students, but also their social skills.
The changes are expected to include segments that will gauge aspiring doctors skills in interacting with others, said Crofoot, who plans to take the test in the future.
I plan to start studying some time next semester by using review books and practice tests, said the 19-year-old biochemistry major.
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For pre-medical students, there is perhaps nothing more daunting than the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), the standardized test required of all medical school applicants. Starting in April 2015, the MCAT is going to look a lot different.
The current MCAT exam has been administered since 1991. It features four sections that measure a students competency in biological sciences, physical sciences, verbal reasoning and writing. The new test, titled MCAT2015, which will be administered starting next April, has not only updated these sections, but added a few additional subjects as wellmost notably biochemistry, psychology and sociology.
In addition to the added subject matter, the MCAT2015 will measure not just a students knowledge in a particular subject area, but their ability to reason scientifically and apply that knowledge. As the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) states on their website, the exam accomplishes this by requiring the application of scientific reasoning skills to solve problems in the natural, social and behavioral sciences test sections.
As a result of this added material, the length of the test has increased, and the MCAT2015 is, according to the AAMC , expected to take about 7.5 hours including breaks.
While it is not unusual for standardized tests to make changes, especially in fields such as medicine, where information and knowledge is always evolving, this particular update to the MCAT illustrates an interesting trend in the medical school admissions process.
The MCAT2015, with the addition of the Psychological, Social and Biological Foundations of Behavior section, recognizes the necessity of having a holistic approach to medicine. As part of that holistic approach, medical schools want applicants to have not only scientific knowledge, but experience working with people. While the new section gets at those skills, Dr. Barbara Keyes, director of Albion Colleges Institute for Healthcare Professions emphasized the importance of developing those interpersonal skills firsthand.
The other thing that has changed in the past decade is an increasing focus on what is called holistic review, Keyes said. So, academic competencies are essential, but then schools are looking at what they call personal and interpersonal competencies communication skills, cultural competence [and] a whole slew of personal characteristics they want to see in future physicians.
These personal and interpersonal competencies can be found on the AAMCs website,and include things like service orientation, resilience and adaptability, and cultural competency. In fact, of the 15 overall competencies the AAMC lists, only six of them are related to specific subjects one can learn in school. The remaining nine are arguably traits that cannot simply be learned from a textbook.
Despite all these changes to the exam, Marikay Dobbins, Albion College Health Professions adviser, believes that Albion College students will be well equipped to handle the added subject matter, as they are used to an extensive, liberal arts approach.
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Before this year, the University of Washington threw away the applications from medical-school hopefuls who came into the United States illegally, even if theyd lived here most of their lives.
Now, after a lobbying effort by its own students, the UW School of Medicine has joined a few dozen others across the nation that have quietly started to allow such students to apply to medical school. The change opens up the last part of the university that barred them.
Its the right thing to do, said Benji Perin, a third-year UW medical student who led the effort to change the school policy.
A year ago, only one U.S. medical school accepted undocumented students. Now, at least 35 of the nations other medical schools will accept students who are enrolled in the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which gives them a temporary, quasi-legal status.
Undocumented students have long been welcome as undergraduates and graduates at schools across the nation, even before DACA was created two years ago. In 2003, a Washington state law also granted in-state tuition to undocumented students who grew up in this state.
We felt we were really catching up to the rest of the UW, said Carol Teitz, associate dean for admissions at the medical school. In addition to being enrolled in DACA, medical-school applicants must also meet certain residency requirements for their state.
Still, Teitz does not think the university will receive many DACA student applicants, and noted that competition for Washingtons 120 medical-school seats is fierce, with 6.8 applicants for every spot.
Supporters acknowledged that admitting DACA students may not sit well with those who already think DACA undermines U.S. immigration law by temporarily giving legal status to people who entered the country without legal permission. And it comes at a time when state policymakers say there are too few medical-school seats available.
But students say expanding the pool of students who can become doctors will only improve medical care.
There was a time when people were anxious about the increased competition from women coming to medical school, Perin said.
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September 30, 2014, 7:37 PM Last updated: Tuesday, September 30, 2014, 7:37 PM
Officials heralded on Tuesday the opening of an Institute for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark, saying it could provide a springboard for important medical breakthroughs.
Governor Christie, who attended the event, said the institute was an example of the greatness fostered by the states medical school merger last year. I want to continue to remind people of the great things that can happen as a result of this collaboration, the governor said.
Rutgers integrated most of the former University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey last year, in what was thought to be one of the largest academic mergers ever. The governor overcame legislative and institutional opposition to spearhead the merger, which had failed under previous administrations.
The merger gave Rutgers coveted medical and dental schools and brought stability and prestige to the former medical university, which had been plagued by scandal and public relations problems. It also catapulted Rutgers into the top 30 universities nationwide in research funding.
Dr. William Gause, senior associate dean for research, said recruiting new scientists became easier after the affiliation with Rutgers.
The institute will boost research done at the newly merged institutions and bring together nearly 2,000 scientists and staff from throughout the far-flung university.
Even though federal financing for research is constricting, officials said they believed the institute had a good shot at getting more money from the National Institutes of Health for research dealing with such diseases as tuberculosis, AIDS, asthma, diabetes, and obesity.
In April, Rutgers researchers got a $26 million federal grant for work in developing new antibiotics. Christie touted the new institute and construction of a new chemistry building on the Rutgers campus in New Brunswick as examples of a new era in biomedical research at Rutgers.
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SEATTLE (AP) - The University of Washingtons medical school will now accept students enrolled in the federal program that allows youth brought to the United States illegally as children protection from deportation.
The change in admissions policy was announced last week, opening the door to the most prominent medical school in the northwest to the immigrants under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
In a letter, vice dean Ellen Cosgrove and professor Leo Morales say that there are no significant barriers that prevents DACA graduates from obtaining residencies and licensure to practice medicine in the state.
The University of Washington provides regional medical education for the states of Washington, Alaska, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. In the Pacific Northwest, only Oregon has its own medical school.
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