Date and Time
March 2, 2011
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Availability
Open to the public
No RSVP required

Speaker
Donald A. Barr - Professor (Teaching), Department of Pediatrics at Stanford University

The structure of the premedical curriculum required for admission by more than 90% of U.S. medical schools was established more than 100 years ago.  With its heavy emphasis on success in undergraduate science courses, these premedical requirements have contributed to the expansion of medical science during the twentieth century.  However, these same requirements have also been shown repeatedly to reduce the diversity of the medical profession - the diversity of personality strengths and characteristics as well as the racial and ethnic diversity. Efforts are underway nationally to re-evaluate the premedical curriculum in ways that will substantially change the medical school admissions process, and as a consequence the nature of the U.S. medical profession.  

The research presented will describe a proposal to fundamentally alter the undergraduate science curriculum at Stanford in ways that may have national impact.

Please note: All research in progress seminars are off-the-record. Any information about methodology and/or results are embargoed until publication