Required Reading
So you want to go to medical school. It’s not an easy path, not by a long shot, but if you’ve got the determination and the work ethic to get there, then it can be one of the most rewarding experiences you’ll ever have. Not to mention, it’ll help you for the rest of your life by paving the path for you to fill your days with richly rewarding work. But the first step is to actually get in to medical school, and to do that, you have to fulfill the medical school requirements for the schools you are applying to.
The “Objectivity” of Medical School Rankings
The list of numbers and names that will determine the future of so many aspiring young doctors is out. Yes, the US News medical school rankings 2010 has come, and the schools stand in their lines like proud, parading soldiers, all pomp and ceremony on the page. The medical school ranking system is designed to provide a fair and unbiased compilation of useful information for picking out medical schools when applying, and to that end, it rates the medical schools against each other in the categories of primary care and research. But the medical school rankings are imperfect, because ultimately the system is not quite as objective as it might sound.
The Economics of Medical School
Supply and demand rule the world, even in the world of health-care. The recent health reforms have struck a major blow in making health care affordable and accessible to all, but there are likely still other ways to increase the availability of health care to America, and even to the world. One of the most simplistic ways to accomplish this increase is with a greater number of doctors. Again, supply and demand has a huge effect upon the nature of the health care system. Part of the reason that health care is so costly is that there are not enough doctors to bring the cost down. This may not be a very large part of the issue, but it is an element of it, and it can be solved by making some changed to the medical school system.