Article archive / June 1, 2013
Originally published: . Volume 4, No. 10. Source pages: 10.
According to Dr. Richard Lewis, writing for the April APS Observer, the next revision of the Medical College Admission Test, the MCAT, will include for the first time a new subtest on the behavioral and social sciences.
Lewis noted that the next revision of the MCAT is scheduled for the spring of 2015, and this will only be the fifth time that the admissions test has been redesigned since it’s begining in 1928.
“Each revision of the MCAT provides a window into what is considered to be appropriate academic preparation for medical school.” Recent revisions have placed a strong emphasis on “understanding and work with scientific data,” he noted.
Lewis said that the goal of the new “Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of Behavior Subtest” is to “… encourage premedical students to obtain a foundation in the science of behavior–– an important component of health and illness.”
Lewis noted that 50 percent of all “causes of morbidity and mortality in the U.S. are linked to behavioral and social causes.”
The complete article is available at the APS Observer website.
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