What is the med school like?

What is med school really like?

• What I am truly interested in is what type of criteria is in the curriculum across the board in medical school; if that is even fair to ask. Are all medical schools teaching the same curriculum? Obviously some schools are higher ranked and are more money and offer more options for students but in the end are they all similar. I'd think they were only because there are obviously requirements, a school can't be accredited without teaching the necessities and requirements that the people/groups higher up enforce. This might seem dumb but these little things are overlooked by people that I talk to most likely because they are making assumptions. I get the big picture but there are little holes in my knowledge about the topic; like are the topics all based on biology and anatomy of the body or in medical school are courses like English and social science still required? Thanks for your help, whoever it is that answers my inquiry.

• Answer:

  Medical school is completely dedicated to turn regular people into doctors, equipping them with the knoledge needed to be effective care givers. Med school is very different from undergrad. Yes you need the prerequisites for med school which include bio, chem, physics, calc, and english but those classes demonstrate your ability to learn and do well in class. Here is a typical medical school curriculmn: http://www.uthsc.edu/Medicine/Acad_Affairs/UME/index.php Some schools teach information by body system, instead of everything about one subject at once. IE: the circulatory system - its anatomy, pharmacology, pathology, microbology, etc then the digestive system - all of its anatomy, pharmacology, pathology, microbology, etc VS learning the anatomy of the whole body before moving on to the microbiology of each part of the body, then pharmacology of the whole body, etc Hope this helps!