As I advance into my clinical years I thought I would take this opportunity to reflect on how I worked on the competency expected of preclinical students for those earlier in their medical school careers. It is impossible to advance and innovate within a field without a firm grounding in the present state of knowledge. […]
An Argument for Grades in the Preclinical Years
For the majority of my preclinical years, I was an advocate of and beneficiary from the pass/fail curriculum. From the point of Step 1 dedicated period and now into my clerkships I have increasingly started to see the potential value-grades could have had for me as I was developing my knowledge base and habits. During […]
