UCLA Medical School in Crisis | Student Doctor Network
“Recently the administration of the medical school made a presentation to the faculty and only 49% of 3rd year UCLA students have taken Step 1 as of January 2024. This is a shockingly low number and it suggests that a large percentage of the class is worried about failing the exam. This is even more concerning since it is a pass fail exam, a school that is supposedly a top 10 medical school should have an extremely small number of students who can’t pass this exam which has a high pass rate.”
“Even more concerning is their performance on the shelf exams during the clinical year. After every rotation (ie peds, surgery, IM) the students take a national exam that tests the material from the rotation. To pass this exam you need to score in 5% of all students in the county who take this exam. It is a fairly low bar that one would think everyone could pass. I was shocked to see the data recently from the medical school, close to 50% of UCLA students have failed one of these exams. In addition 24% of the current 3rd year UCLA students have failed one of the shelf exams more than three times. For these 24% of student"
”A few years ago the medical school made some major changes to the curriculum, essentially the two preclinical years were cut down to one year.“
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其他學校也有改成一年的 怎麽就沒這問題呢
問題大概是從DEI來的
Regarding UCLA Medical School's admissions controversy and internal faculty drama : r/ucla
"Some professors are now claiming that this emphasis on diversity has led to less qualified student cohorts who are struggling academically. And UCLA has fallen in national rankings from #6 to #18 and is seeing a significant rise in the number of students failing standardized tests. "
"Basically, Jennifer Lucero's management style and focus on diversity is causing significant internal drama. Some faculty and admissions officers have resigned from the admission committee in protest, alleging racially charged accusations (like insinuating someone is racist if they don't agree to admitting more minority students) and a refusal to address concerns about declining academic standards. And so the medical school has shrunk its preclinical curriculum and introduced courses focusing on social issues, which some professors believe are detracting from essential medical education, while others believe it's important."
