<p>New</a> MCAT: Hard Science No Longer Sole Aim | Doctors Malpractice Tail</p>
<p>WASHINGTON -- Aspiring doctors will face a major change on the medical school admission exam starting in 2015, when the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) moves away from its focus on natural sciences and begins to incorporate more social sciences.</p>
<p>The change means that the MCAT will stop focusing solely on biology, physics, statistics, and chemistry, and also will begin asking questions on psychology, ethics, cultural studies, and philosophy.</p>
<p>The announcement of the change -- made Thursday by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), which administers the test -- represents a major shift in thinking on what makes a good doctor. Instead of training doctors that can spout off disease causes and treatments with encyclopedic knowledge, the new test is meant to begin training doctors to empathize and communicate better with patients, and to improve their bedside manner</p>
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<p>The new test will add a section called "Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of Behavior," which includes questions on behavior and behavior change, cultural and social differences that influence well-being, and socioeconomic factors, such as access to resources</p>