ArticleCureus2021
Advanced Placement Courses for Medical School: A Novel AMed Track to Reduce Financial Burden and Attract Nontraditional Students.
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- Beyond Traditional: Clearing the Roadblocks to Advancement in Academic Medicine.Perspectives on medical education · 2025Article
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Abstract
Medical school admissions have become increasingly competitive, creating a pool of nontraditional applicants that seek postbaccalaureate training in biomedical sciences. Several postbaccalaureate and graduate programs developed curricula that, except for learning clinical skills, mirror the learning objectives of the foundational science curricula in medical schools. This education structure provides applicants with a competitive advantage when applying to medical schools. However, basic science curriculum assessments in medical schools have changed to pass/fail scoring systems. As a result, students that participate in preparatory postbaccalaureate and graduate programs cannot show their superior level of knowledge and may find some core foundational science subjects redundant during their pre-clerkship medical education. The aim of this article is to propose an innovative system for matriculation into medical school through the AdvancedMed (AMed) Track, a three-year accelerated medical curriculum in which graduate curricula adopt an advanced placement course called AMed courses. This system would mirror the structure of the high school Advanced Placement (AP) system; therefore, students would take AMed courses similar in rigor to medical school basic science courses. These courses include Anatomy, Histology, Physiology, Cellular Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics, Microbiology, Immunology, Biostatistics, and Epidemiology. All courses would require a scored national standardized test to receive medical school credit toward a three-year accelerated track curriculum. Nontraditional students could choose to study independently and take the AMed standardized examination for credit to enter the AMed Track. Medical schools have the incentive to start an AMed Track because its implementation could lessen the financial burden, reduce time spent in medical school, and increase the participation of nontraditional medical students.
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