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. 2017 Dec 11;95(4):692–697. doi: 10.1111/1468-0009.12291

Table 2.

Changes to Medical School Education

Medical School Change
Premed requirements and admission criteria
  • Eliminate requirement for physics, calculus, and organic chemistry

  • Eliminate MCAT questions on physics, calculus, and organic chemistry

  • Require courses in statistics and human psychology

Preclinical training
  • Reduce training to no more than 15 months

  • Include initial training in operations management and process improvement

  • Encourage pursuit of specialty‐specific degrees

Clinical training
  • Capstone course after clinical experience in operations management and process improvement

  • Include clinician shadowing in outpatient settings