title: Wanted: Well-Rounded Physicians.
abstract: The Association of American Medical Colleges has revamped the MCAT for the first time in nearly three decades. While the new exam retains the science-based testing historically included, it adds new topics and approaches meant to keep up with a rapidly changing health care delivery system. It aims to test and train aspiring physicians based less on memorizing scientific facts and more on competency: putting that scientific knowledge into practice. Questions on the new MCAT pertain to concepts such as self-identity, social stratification, and multiculturalism and ask students to apply them to certain scenarios.
authors.forename: Amy Lynn
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Sorrel
mesh_terms: D003099:College Admission Test; D054521:Cultural Competency; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D004516:Education, Premedical; D006801:Humans; D012570:School Admission Criteria; D014481:United States