Pauline Chen MD has an interesting article in last week’s NYT regarding medical school rankings. Probably neither research nor social mission should be the way we rank schools.
And maybe we shouldn’t judge doctors on where they attended medical school. But the current system does reward those at more competitive schools with better options for residency. Within the medical field, it’s not a system that would be easily dismantled.
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Dr. Finkel is a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Medical School. On completing her residency at Harvard, she was asked to
stay on as faculty at Harvard Medical School and spent five years teaching at the world-renowned Massachusetts General Hospital.
She was appointed to the Assistant Residency Director position for the Harvard Affiliated
Emergency Medicine Residency where she reviewed countless applications, personal statements and resumes. Read more
