U of M changes pelvic exam lesson for med students
from MPR
With rising tuition costs and budget crunches, I can't figure out if the fact that the med school spends $150,000 on demonstrators or that this story is on the front page of MPR is more ridiculous.
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This is ridiculous! First, med school students (eventually) pay a LOT of money to go to med school. Why they think it is a good idea to sacrifice the quality of education for cost is beyond me when they're collecting $30,000 - $50,000 from each student (or their loan companies) per year. Second, as I briefly mentioned, this will greatly affect the quality of education. I don't understand how a mannequin can accurately mimic that area. Plus, the first time the students are exposed to the less-than-perfect sights and *ahem* smells of the real thing, they will be working on a real patient who isn't paid to be...patient (sorry for the pun). Finally, this is not the first cut the med school is making that will jeopardize the education of our future MN doctors. Starting next year, they are greatly reducing the amount of time students spend in class. However, students still have to take the same board exams after year two. Less class time means more out of class learning. (The med students already have to learn some things on their own for the exams). As anyone who skipped a few classes in college and then tried to learn the material on their own can attest, this is a much more time consuming and usually less effective method of learning. I think the medical school is taking a gamble that could seriously affect the quality of physicians that they produce. As a school that has been fighting to restore its reputation since a certain scandal in 1996 ( http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/02/28/uofmhospital/ ), they can't afford to slip now.
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