Now future physicians will have to make their way through the Medical School's Office of Diversity and pass a test of their politically correct progressive orientation.


Medical-College Entrance Exam Gets an Overhaul
New test is longer, covers more subjects and is more interdisciplinary than past versions

By Melinda Beck
April 15, 2015 6:00 a.m. ET
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The essay section is out and sociology is in, and test-takers will need to be as familiar with psychology terms, such as “reciprocal determinism,” as they are with organic chemistry.

The 8,200 aspiring doctors expected to take the Medical College Admission Test, or MCAT, this week will find a very different exam than their predecessors took.

The new test, the first major revision in 25 years, is longer (by 3 hours), broader (covering four more subjects), and more interdisciplinary than past versions. Throughout, students will need to demonstrate not just what they know, but how well they can apply it, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges, which develops and administers the MCAT.

The changes are designed in part to mirror the evolution of health-care delivery and even the nature of illness, the AAMC says.

“One hundred years ago, all you really needed to know was the science. We were all looking for the magic bullet that would cure disease,” said Catherine Lucey, vice dean of the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine and a member of the MCAT review committee. “Now we have problems like obesity and diabetes that require doctors to form therapeutic alliances with patients and convince them to change their lifestyle.”

To that end, a large new section—one quarter of the test—covers psychology, sociology and the biological foundations of behavior. Official review material includes concepts such as social inequality, class consciousness, racial and ethnic identity, “institutionalized racism and discrimination” and “power, privilege and prestige.”


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“This is not science. [It’s] agenda-driven garbage,” said Ronald Hansing, a pathologist in Columbia, Mo., who earned his M.D. in 1975, of the sociology material posted online by the Khan Academy, which worked with the AAMC to create 900 free videos to help students prepare.

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