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Another sign the teacher has no clue is this talk about “good med schools”. In the US they are all good.
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<p>This is true. They’re all excellent. We don’t have any “so so” US MD schools. You’re lucky to get into any of them. Some may be better for those seeking MD/PhD programs (a tiny subset), but for the rest seeking an MD, all are fabulous.</p>
<p>Pizzagirl said it best awhile ago: (I saved this for these instances…thanks PG!)…</p>
<p>"Med school is exactly the same for every future doctor – the future dermatologists, psychiatrists, and brain surgeons do exactly the same thing as the future family medicine docs. You learn a specialty in residency, which is after med school. </p>
<p>If your goal is to become an everyday doctor, there is little difference in going to an elite med school or not. You’ll make the same amount of money (Blue Cross Blue Shield doesn’t pay you extra if you went to Harvard Med) and your day to day life and activities will be the same. Medicine is a “flat” field; not a huge amount of prestige differentiation. In that regard it’s unlike law or business."</p>
<p>When PG says “everyday doctor,” she doesn’t mean a GP…she means all the specialists that treat you and me for various ailments or surgical needs…from the vascular surgeon to the oncologist to the infectious disease specialist to the pediatrition…from serious illnesses to everyday colds.</p>
<p>she’s right. MD education in America is flat. Med schools aren’t mavericks doing their own thing. They all follow the same curriculum because the students must all pass the same board exams and must all be ready to treat. We don’t have situations where we say, “hmm, he went to XSOM, he’s not going to be very good.”</p>