Postbaccalaureate premedical programs provide an important pathway for students to get into medical school. As the number and percentage of medical school matriculants participating in such programs increases, it is important to take a closer look at the metrics that are supposed to inform us about academic readiness, especially for the preclerkship curriculum and licensing exams. This session will highlight the literature on postbaccalaureate premedical programs and the relationships between preadmission metrics, such as GPA and MCAT, and academic performance.
Presenter Bios
Stephen Schneid is the Director for Educational Development and Scholarship at the University of
California, San Diego School of Medicine and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Schneid has over 20 years teaching biomedical sciences to medical and pharmacy students and in the summer pre-matriculation course offered to incoming students. He has also been the lead instructor for the postbaccalaureate premedical program for the past 10 years. His research interests include assessment, team-based learning, and outcomes of pre-matriculation and postbaccalaureate programs.