Tag Archives: weenus

Short Coat Podcast

Abolishing Step 2, Self-Electrocution to Treat Boredom, and More Answers to Internet Questions

Audio
Share

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 55:47 — 76.6MB)

Subscribe: Spotify | RSS | More

standardized patient photo
What is that, a mariachi band? Photo by University of Michigan MSIS

Recording on the eve of match day, Marc Toral, Amy Young, Matt Becker and new co-host Taz Khalid discuss a petition by Harvard medical students to abolish the USMLE’s Step 2 clinical skills exam as it’s too expensive, ineffective, and a waste of effort. Among our team, however, opinions vary.  And why no discussion on abolishing Step 1 (the test of basic science knowledge and concepts) on similar grounds?
Continue reading Abolishing Step 2, Self-Electrocution to Treat Boredom, and More Answers to Internet Questions →