Article ; Online: Medical School Rankings: Time to End or Time to Amend?
Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
2023 Volume 99, Issue 3, Page(s) 247–250
Abstract: Abstract: The recent decisions of several medical schools to no longer participate in the rankings published annually by U.S. News & World Report have added greater visibility to the issues surrounding medical school rankings than ever before. While ... ...
| Abstract | Abstract: The recent decisions of several medical schools to no longer participate in the rankings published annually by U.S. News & World Report have added greater visibility to the issues surrounding medical school rankings than ever before. While these announcements garnered significant attention in academic medicine and from the lay public, the authors believe these events are unlikely to eliminate rankings in medical education. In this article, the authors outline the potential harms of rankings in higher education, provide a rationale for why they will likely endure despite recent scrutiny, and offer suggestions for prospective students and the academic medical community to engage with rankings in a more productive way. Criticisms of medical school rankings have been noted for decades, including their use of subjective information and data with questionable relevance to the quality of students' education or the outcomes of their educational experience, methodological concerns, and the potential harms of ranking systems (such as schools diverting their focus and resources away from initiatives that benefit students to improve their ranking). At the same time, rankings are ubiquitous in today's culture and are powerful in human decision-making, so there is reason to believe that medical school rankings may weather the current storm. Given these concerns, the authors suggest students continue to use a variety of resources to obtain information about medical schools and consider how each school fits with their own educational needs. The authors also encourage medical schools, medical education organizations, and governing medical bodies to suggest different metrics that reflect quality in medical education and that are of importance to applicants. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Humans ; Schools, Medical ; Students ; Education, Medical ; Research Report |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2023-11-14 |
| Publishing country | United States |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 96192-9 |
| ISSN | 1938-808X ; 1040-2446 |
| ISSN (online) | 1938-808X |
| ISSN | 1040-2446 |
| DOI | 10.1097/ACM.0000000000005566 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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